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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Harper's Young People, November 14, 1882 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 30, 2019 [EBook #60596] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE] - - * * * * * - -VOL. IV.--NO. 159. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, November 14, 1882. Copyright, 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 -per Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -WAITING. - -BY MARGARET JOHNSON. - - - I said, "When will the summer come? - Mamma, is it not late?" - She smiled, and answered. "By-and-by; - Be patient, child, and wait." - - I asked papa if he would buy - A new wax doll for me. - He pinched my cheek, and said, "Not now; - Be patient, and I'll see." - - "Nurse, tell me when my dear rose-bush - A blossom red will bear." - "Oh, by-and-by, my dear. Don't fret. - Come, let me brush your hair." - - "When shall I grow so tall, papa, - That I can reach your head?" - "Quite soon enough, my little one; - Wait patiently," he said. - - "Dear me!" I thought; "they all say 'Wait.' - I'll put my dolls away. - And go and sit upon the stairs - As long as I can stay." - - Now I have waited patiently - For hours and hours and hours, - And yet the dear doll has not come, - The summer, nor the flowers. - - I have not grown a single bit, - And now I know it's late. - I'm going up to tell mamma - It does no good to wait. - - - - -AN ADVENTURE IN THE SUEZ CANAL. - -BY DAVID KER. - - -"So it seems a fellow called Arabi Bey, or some such name, is making a -row in Cairo; but of course it won't come to anything--these things -never do." - -So spoke, after exchanging a few words with a pilot who had just come -down the Suez Canal from Port Said, the Captain of our homeward-bound -steamer from India, little dreaming how world-famous the "row" of which -he spoke so lightly was to become not many weeks later. - -"If these Arab fellows should ever want to destroy the canal," says a -young English Lieutenant of Engineers going home from India on leave, -"they wouldn't have much trouble with it. You see there's a regular -hollow on each side here and there, and they need only dig through or -blow up the embankment to run the channel bone-dry in no time." - -His words are confirmed a few minutes later when a group of native -goat-herds, as black and shaggy and wild-looking as the goats which they -tend, wade out to within a few yards of the steamer, clamorously -offering to dive for _piastres_ (five-cent copper pieces). In fact, the -Suez Canal, throughout its whole length of eighty-six miles, is as -shallow as any ditch except in the very centre of the channel, and even -there it has a depth of only twenty six and a quarter feet, with a mean -breadth of seventy, widening to one hundred in the "sidings." - -Every now and then we pass a neat little landing-place, surmounted by a -painted station house overlooking a tiny patch of stunted shrubs and -straggling flowers, doing their best to grow upon a thin smear of soil -brought from a distance, and plastered upon the barren, scorching sand. -A little farther on we see, perched on a steep sand ridge just at the -point where the canal enters the wide smooth expanse of the Timsah Lake, -a primitive sentry-box, consisting merely of a screen of dried grass, -supported by four tall canes, beneath which a drowsy Arab is supposed to -look out for passing steamers when he has nothing better to do. - -But just as we are two-thirds of the way across the Timsah Lake itself, -one of the many shallow lagoons through which the canal runs for a full -third of its length, we see the French steamer ahead of us halt -suddenly, and the next moment comes a signal that a boat has run aground -in the canal beyond the lake, and that we must wait until she gets off -again. - -There is no help for it, and we are just making up our minds to a halt -of several hours, with nothing to do but stare at the trim bonbon-like -houses and dark green plantations of Ismailia[1] along the farther -shore, with the big white front of the Khedive's palace standing up in -the midst like an overgrown hotel, when an unexpected interruption -occurs. - -[1] Named after its founder, Ismail Pasha, the late Khedive of Egypt. It -is connected with Suez by a fresh-water canal, through which the little -Egyptian steam-launches run in about twelve hours. - -"Look here, mates," shouts a sailor perched on the jib-boom; "here's one -o' them darkies out for a swim. He'll be coming to challenge old Jack -here to swim a match for the championship of the canal." - -"Let him try it," retorts a tall, raw-boned, North Country man behind -him. "If that 'ere nigger thinks he can beat _me_, he'll know better -afore long, or my name ain't Jack Hawley." - -So saying, Jack strips and plunges in, heading straight for the round -black head which is bobbing about like a cork in the smooth water. But -just as he reaches the Arab the latter vanishes, and a sharp pinch on -his right calf warns Jack that his enemy has taken him in the rear, amid -a shout of laughter from the steamer. - -Jack darts at his assailant, who dives again, and coming up beyond him, -splashes a perfect cataract of water in his face, and instantly the two -are at it with might and main, filling the whole air with showers of -glittering spray. - -"Will you swim me to that buoy yonder, Johnny?" challenges Jack. - -"You go, me go," grins the native, and off they start. - -At first the Egyptian's short, snapping, hand-over-hand stroke carries -him bravely on; but little by little the long, steady, powerful strokes -of the Englishman begin to tell, and at length he forges slightly ahead. -The crew cheer lustily, and fancy that Jack has certainly won the race; -but the young Lieutenant, who knows Arab ways, shakes his head and tells -them to "wait a bit." - -Poor Jack! he has forgotten in his eagerness that his head is -unprotected, and that he has not one of those cast-iron Eastern skulls -that can defy a tropical sun. All at once his head is seen to sway -dizzily back, he throws up his arms convulsively, and down he goes. - -"Stand by to lower the boat!" roars the Captain. "Be alive now!" - -As if moved by a single impulse, the men spring at once to the davits; -but, luckily for poor Jack, other and nearer help is at hand. The Arab, -when he sees his rival's strength fail so suddenly, guesses in a moment -what is the matter, and makes for him at once. Three powerful strokes -bring him alongside of the sinking man, and twining his sinewy fingers -in Jack's bushy hair, he holds the latter's head above water, paddling -gently meanwhile to keep himself afloat. - -"Stand by your tackle! let go!" - -The tackles rattle sharply through the blocks, the boat splashes into -the water, and the passengers spring upon the bulwarks to give her a -cheer as she darts away toward the two imperilled men, as fast as eight -sturdy rowers can propel her. - -But in this race between life and death the chances are terribly in -favor of the latter. True, the water of the lake, salter by far than the -sea itself, is buoyant as India rubber; but it is no easy matter for the -Arab, already spent with his long swim, to support the huge bulk of the -helpless sailor, and the boat seems still a fearfully long way off. - -Once, twice, the Englishman's head dips below the surface, and the -oarsmen almost leap from their seats as they see it. Pull, boys, pull! -And now they are but three lengths off, and now but one, and now, with a -deafening hurrah, the fainting man and his exhausted rescuer are dragged -into the boat. - -"Come, boys," cried Lieutenant H----, "that's a plucky fellow, Arab or -no Arab. What do you say to sending round the hat for him; here's a -_rupee_" (fifty cents) "to begin with." - -And half an hour later the Arab was on his way back to the shore, with -more money tied up in the white cotton sash round his waist than he had -ever had before, in his life. - - - - -UNCLE ZED'S WOLF. - -A TRUE STORY. - -BY MRS. KATE UPSON CLARK. - - -"Baa! baa! baa!" sounded in noisy, frightened chorus underneath Parson -Darius Miller's windows one cold April morning about fifty years ago. - -So loud and so persistent was the chorus that Parson Miller's three -sturdy boys were awake and on their feet before it had grown light -enough to distinguish anything in the gray outside. - -"Father! father!" shouted James, the second boy, clattering down the -stairs in his heavy boots, "what ails the sheep? They're all huddled up -close to the house, right under your window. Don't you hear them? Say, -father, wake up!" - -In response to all this outcry, good Parson Miller, who was a -hardworking farmer as well as a parson, and slept the sleep of the just, -gave forth a feeble and only half-intelligent "yes." Presently, however, -he joined the boys, and then discovered that not all the sheep were -huddled together underneath the windows, but that two of them were -missing, and that large dangerous-looking tracks were all over the light -snow--a regular "sugar-snow"--which covered the ground outside. - -"I'll bet it's a wolf," ventured Daniel, the eldest boy. - -"Guess it's nothing but a wild-cat," said the parson. - -"Too big for a wild-cat," said Tom. "A great deal bigger than the one -Squire Taylor caught in his trap." - -Tom was the quiet boy, but somehow, when Tom spoke, even the older ones -paid attention. Tom's eyes were always on the alert, and though they -were of a gray and by no means beautiful color, and were set in a sallow -and "peaked" little face, Tom was considered a vastly good-looking boy -by all of the family and his intimate friends, on the principle of -"Handsome is that handsome does." - -Just then Squire Taylor, their next neighbor, came tramping hastily -across his field, his two boys, of about the same age as James and Tom -Miller, following after him. - -"Wolf tracks all around my barn," said the good Squire, excitedly, -before he had come near enough to see the sheep lying on the snow. - -"There!" cried Daniel, nodding significantly to Tom. - -"Where's the fellow gone?" queried little Tom, who was only fourteen, -and who didn't look so old as that by reason of his small stature. - -"That's it! that's it!" cried the Squire, slapping Tom approvingly on -the shoulder. "Where's the varmint gone? Let's track him, to be sure. -Hullo! there's Uncle Zed." - -Sure enough, old Zadok Cummings, familiarly known as "Uncle Zed," was -hurrying along through the fields toward them, and carrying his old -shot-gun in his hands. The news had evidently travelled fast. - -"Seen him?" shouted the old man, all on fire with excitement, while -drops of sweat ran down his russet face, in spite of the chilly weather. -"Jest tell me what direction he's took, 'n' I'll ketch him! The critter! -I'll ketch him; oh, I'll ketch him!" And Uncle Zed looked so fierce and -funny that all of them began to laugh. But they finally succeeded in -convincing the old man that he couldn't possibly "ketch him," for a few -moments at least, and that the case was too serious for them to decide -at once on the best course to pursue. - -"He'll be around to-night too, and bring some more with him, if we don't -ketch him," put in Uncle Zed, whenever a good chance occurred. - -Two or three had started out to follow the trail of the wolf, and they -came back to report that the tracks ended in Squire Taylor's woods. - -"We must make a ring right around the woods, and hem him in--that's the -way," said the Squire, quickly. - -Tom, standing back behind his brothers, was seen to nod approvingly, -whereupon the other boys did the same. Indeed, the proposition seemed to -commend itself to the entire company, and they started toward the woods, -those who had not brought guns hurrying off to get some. - -"I could do it jest as well alone," muttered Uncle Zed. "They hain't ben -no wolves around here for several years now, but I hain't forgot how to -ketch 'em. I guess I hain't." - -The men were disposed, and then everything was profoundly quiet, -excepting for the sound of the beating of the bushes, or of a stray -shot, when some overconfident hunter was "sure he had him." - -At last Uncle Zed heard a low growl in a thicket, and he had hardly time -to raise his gun when out sprang an enormous wolf, and came directly -toward him. The old man, almost paralyzed with fright, pulled the -trigger, but his hand trembled so that his shot went a yard above the -wolf's head, and the animal bounded past him unhurt. Uncle Zed shrieked, -"Wolf! wolf!" and a half-dozen men were soon in hot pursuit of the -discovered game. - -Tom Miller, feeling very disconsolate because he hadn't any gun, had not -accompanied the rest; but his mother, who felt no fear for Tom, and -sympathized deeply with the courageous little fellow, had advised him to -go to a certain neighbor's and see if he couldn't borrow one. It was -necessary to go quite a distance, but Tom had made it on old Sorrel, the -mare. He had come back in a wonderfully short time, bringing a trusty -little shot-gun with him, and was making his way up the hill just as the -wolf dashed out of the woods, heading in his direction. - -Tom's heart came up in his throat, but he ran for a clump of bushes -close by that he thought would afford a good position for a shot, -stationed himself among them, and waited. - -The cries of the men in pursuit came nearer. Then the gallop into which -the wolf had broken from its quick trot when it left the woods seemed to -shake the very ground under him. Spring--spring--spring, came the -terrified brute. He was in sight. Tom steadied his gun and fired. The -wolf uttered a cry, half bark, half screech, and giving a few lame and -wounded leaps, lay bleeding on the ground. Then shot after shot from the -men behind was poured in upon the poor creature, until he lay thoroughly -dead. Tom Miller was quite the hero of the day, and it was voted -unanimously that the wolf-skin belonged to him. - -"Well, Uncle Zed, why didn't you 'ketch him,' as you said you were going -to?" inquired Squire Taylor, jokingly, as the men were separating to go -to a late dinner. - -"Don' know what in thunder ailed my gun," complained Uncle Zed, rapping -that unfortunate weapon crossly; "but, after all"--straightening up -proudly--"you'd never have ketched that wolf if it hadn't 'a ben for -me." - -"How's that?" asked the Squire. - -"Why, goodness gracious! didn't you hear me holler? I hollered an' -started you all up. My!" continued the old man, reflectively, as he -turned away amid a general laugh, which did not appear to damp his -spirits in the least, "how I did holler!" - - - - -CORAL REEFS. - -BY SARAH COOPER. - - -The attention of seamen and navigators has long been attracted by the -number of circular islands in the warm parts of the Pacific and Indian -oceans. Generally each one of these circular islands contains a lake of -quiet water extending almost to its outer shores, so that the island -looks like a fairy ring of land floating in the ocean, and adorned with -tropical trees and plants. - -Happily for the boys and girls of the present day, this subject, with -other equally fascinating branches of science, has now been studied by -naturalists, who give us the rich results of their labors. It seems -scarcely possible that the dainty beautiful corals which we examined not -long ago in YOUNG PEOPLE can have anything to do with the making of -islands, but so it is. Coral reefs are vast masses of coral which have -grown in warm oceans. Their formation must have been slow, yet they -sometimes extend hundreds of miles. Florida and many other parts of our -solid continents are known to have been formed from coral reefs. - -Let us now try to picture to ourselves the beginning of one of these -reefs, and by following its growth step by step we may at least -understand how it has been formed. There are hills and valleys on the -bottom of the ocean as well as on the land. We will fancy that some -young coral polyps which have been swimming about in the sea settle on -the sides of one of these hills, and begin to grow and spread all around -it. They will increase also by the deposit of eggs until they form a -circular wall. - -As the coral wall grows, the lower polyps and the inner ones die, their -skeletons forming a solid foundation for all that grow above them. There -may be only about an inch of living coral on the outside of the reef. - -[Illustration: Fig. 1.--a, a, SURFACE OF THE WATER; b, NATURAL RED OF -THE OCEAN; c, c, CORAL FORMATION; d, LAGOON.] - -These walls rise nearly straight, and you will see that in doing so they -inclose a circular basin of quiet water, and now you can understand why -it is that a coral island mostly has a lake in the centre, as is shown -in Fig. 1. The lakes are called lagoons. - -The bottom of the wall is formed of brain-coral and other solid kinds -which live only in deep water, and they die when a certain height is -reached. The formation of the new island does not stop with their death, -however. The wall having now reached the proper height to suit branching -corals, which require shallower water, their young polyps will settle -upon it, and finish the structure. We might suppose a reef formed of -branching corals would be open and unsubstantial, but in their growth -the branches are thickly interlaced. The spaces between them become -filled with substances floating in the ocean, and with pieces of coral -which are broken from the reef by the fierce dashing of the waves. The -whole forms a solid mass, stronger, perhaps, than any stone masonry. The -fragments of coral suffer no serious injury by breaking, but if lodged -in some favorable spot they continue to grow. - -The outer edge of the wall is steep and abrupt. Soundings taken just -outside show very deep water. In this portion of the wall the corals -live and thrive, always supplied with clear water. The breakers dash -against it with such fury that apparently the hardest rock must in time -yield to the tremendous force of the waves. But, strange as it may -appear, the soft jelly-like bodies of the polyps give to the reef the -power of resisting the billows. - -The inner surface of the wall slopes gently to the land, and being -washed by quiet waters often containing sand and mud, it is not -favorable to the growth of polyps. Still, there are certain kinds of -coral which thrive within the lagoons; some of them are exceedingly -brilliant and beautiful. - -The coral polyps die before they reach the surface of the ocean, as no -corals can live out of water. The remainder of the island is built up by -shells, pieces of broken coral, sea-weed, and other floating materials -which are washed upon it, raising the wall higher and higher. The -never-ceasing action of the waves grinds up these shells and broken -coral, until at last they form a soil of sand and mud which is now ready -to receive any seeds that may float on the water or be brought by the -winds and the birds. The seeds take root in the new soil, and young -plants begin to appear on the glistening white surface. Floating -cocoa-nuts often lodge on the shores, and cocoa-nut-trees are among the -first to grow upon them. As the plants drop their leaves and decay, the -soil is enriched little by little, and fitted for the home of various -animals and birds, which in some mysterious manner find their way to -these lonely spots far out at sea. In time our coral reef may become a -beautiful tropical island fringed with waving trees and plants, and -inhabited by man. - -[Illustration: Fig. 2.--AN ATOLL.] - -Circular islands seldom form complete rings. There is generally an -opening into the lake on the side most sheltered from the wind. A safe -harbor in mid-ocean is thus made, in which vessels may take shelter, but -it requires an expert navigator to pass the perils at its entrance. To -anchor on the outer shore would be impossible. In Fig. 2 is a pretty -little coral island with ships in its lagoon. If a lake is entirely -inclosed by the coral wall, it may in time be changed to fresh water by -the rains that fall into it. - -Coral reefs often extend to a depth of three hundred feet below the -surface of the ocean, and formerly persons were puzzled to know how they -could have grown in such deep water, as no coral polyps can live at a -greater depth than twenty or thirty fathoms. This puzzling question was -settled by the late Charles Darwin, who first showed that coral islands -occur where there has been a gradual sinking of the bottom of the ocean. -As the reef rises in height, the sinking of the foundation partly -counteracts the upward growth of the coral; consequently the proper -depth of water is secured, and the reef appears to be stationary, -whereas it is really growing upward. - -Whenever a coral reef rises above the surface of the ocean, we may know -that the coral, which grew under water, has been lifted above the level -of the sea by a rising of the ocean-bed. - -These circular reefs are called "atolls." They are quite different from -the "fringing reefs," which extend along the shores of continents and -islands. There are usually openings or breaks in fringing reefs directly -opposite the mouths of rivers and fresh-water streams, as the corals can -not endure currents which carry mud or sediment. Perhaps the grandest -reef to be found in any part of the world is the one extending along the -northeast coast of Australia. It is nearly one thousand miles in length, -and proves to us that the helpless coral polyps have played no trifling -part in the formation of our earth. All they have accomplished has been -done merely by their living and growing. - - - - -[Illustration: WINTER.] - - - - -THE BOY'S STORE-KEEPING. - -BY C. M. ST. DENYS. - - -I. - -Across the way from the Stanley boys' home a new house was being built. -A pile of lumber lay just outside of the sidewalk in front of the new -building, and it was piled so irregularly that the upper boards extended -out considerably beyond the lower ones, thus forming a sheltered spot -below. The ends of some of the lower boards, too, projected in such a -way as to make little shelves at different heights, and even a rude seat -and table. The boys had often gathered under this shelter for a chat, -and when John and Bob Stanley announced that they saw in it the making -of a fine store, all the other boys groaned inwardly, and said to -themselves, "Why did not I think of that?" - -Of course Bob and John did not plunge into the risks of business without -first counting the cost. The plan was well digested. They had talked it -over fully three days before it was publicly announced. - -The chief difficulty was about the amount of capital to be invested. -John had been saving up his money for a long time toward buying a -bicycle, and Bob--well, Bob was not so thrifty; there was not much -"save" about him, though when it came to needing the money to set him up -in business, he saw clearly that he must mend his ways. - -"I declare, John," he said, gloomily, "I don't believe I can rake up -twenty-five cents toward starting the store. I wish I'd thought of it -before. It was only last week I bought ten cents' worth of marbles." - -"Put them in stock, and sell out at an advance," suggested John. - -Bob shook his head. "The boys aren't going to pay me more for marbles -than they can get them for at Thompson's. Besides, I was dunce enough to -show them off at recess, so the boys would call them second-hand, and -want a reduction." - -"That's true. But you had better lose on them for the sake of getting -some cash in hand that you could lay out in something you could make -money on." - -"But I don't see how we are to make money, anyhow. The other boys can -buy as cheap as we can." - -"No; Thompson would come down in his prices if we told him we were -buying to sell again. Buying at wholesale, you know, they always do." - -"So they do;" and Bob's face brightened. "You have a lot of money to put -into the business," he said, admiringly. - -"I sha'n't put all my money in," said the prudent John. "It's too much -risk. I'd rather begin small; and then I could get my bicycle even if we -failed in business." - -For it must be admitted that, like reasonable beings, they looked -forward to failure as the most probable ending to their enterprise. Nine -men out of every ten who start in business for themselves fail; and why -should not they close in this exciting and approved manner? As far back -as the time of Macbeth such things were not unknown; and the boys said -bravely to themselves, "'If we fail, we fail'; and so much the more -interesting." - -"But how much capital are you going to put in?" persisted Bob. - -"Well, now, really, Bob, if we are to be even partners, I can't put any -more money in than you do. It would make the thing too complicated, and -not be fair to me, you know." - -Bob sighed. "Only half a dollar to start the business! It will look -mean. I wish I had not got so many glasses of soda-water this season. -It's worse than marbles for running away with money." - -"We might take in some more partners," said John, after a thoughtful -pause. - -"But Dick says he don't care about it, and every cent of Sam's money -goes for his bantams and pigeons." - -"What do you say to asking Tom Fleming?" - -"No," said Bob, decisively. "When a gold mine opens before you, keep it -all in the family, I say." - -But the difficulty of the small capital still remained. Their anxiety -lost the boys at least an hour's sleep that night, and when they woke in -the morning, the same burden at once took possession of them. - -"Let's tell Aunt Sue about it," said Bob. - -Aunt Sue was much pleased with the plan. She thought the effort to -conduct the little business would give them business habits and tact. -She made suggestions that helped them greatly. - -"You won't need much money to start with," she said. "Look over your -closets and boxes, and see what you have already that you would like to -dispose of. You have a good many toys and other things that you will -never use again, and you might sell them for something. Call your shop a -new and second-hand store, and that will make it all fair. What kind of -a stock were you thinking of keeping?" - -"Oh, almost anything. Like a country store, you know. Marbles, and tops, -and slate-pencils, and--" - -"And chewing-gum," suggested Bob. "The boys and girls buy more of that -than of anything else lately." - -"I wouldn't keep it if I were you," said Aunt Sue. "It's a bad habit to -use it, and you want to establish your business on good principles. I -hope you'll keep bird-seed, though. You could count on me as a -customer." - -"Well, we will, and we'll give up the chewing-gum. But, Aunt Sue," and -Bob assumed his most persuasive tones, "I'll tell you one thing we could -sell like wild-fire, and it would not cost us anything, either." - -"What?" asked Aunt Sue, smiling, but mentally bracing herself for -opposition. - -"Cookies." - -"Not of my baking, Bob. You ought to know too much of the trouble and -expense of cake-making to think of it. I can't undertake to supply the -town with cookies." - -Bob sobered at this reference to his prowess at cake-baking; but Sister -Bess, regardless of his feelings, mischievously suggested, - -"You might make molasses candy for sale." - -"It's out of season," returned Bob, with dignity. "I guess we'll lay in -a stock of sour-balls." - -"I'll tell you what I'll do for you," said Bess, relenting. "I'll make -you some button-hole bouquets." - -"Well, but I don't know who'll buy them." - -"They'll help to fill up the shelves and make the place look pretty, at -any rate." - -Bob and John began to feel that the store was going to be a success, and -proceeded to overhaul the attic for salable articles. - -The sign-board was a very important matter. Dick undertook to paint them -one. But as it would take some days for the paint to dry, it was decided -that they could begin with a sign chalked on an old slate. - -There was not much to be done toward fitting up the store. A piece of -canvas was hung on one side, and a loose board was laid across the -entrance for protection against the rabble, for as the store was only -large enough to hold the proprietors and their goods, the customers were -exacted to make their purchases over the counter from the outside. - -Saturday was to be "Opening Day," and the very earliest people on their -way to market saw the two boys working like beavers to get the place to -rights in good season. By the time the village boys and girls had -breakfasted the new store shone out in all its glory, with the sign -"STANLEY BROTHERS" the most conspicuous thing about it. - -The marbles and other small articles were arranged as neatly as possible -in boxes on the irregular little shelves. Some old story-books with the -boys' dictionary were piled modestly in the background, while the jar of -sour-balls and the row of tasty little bouquets were paraded on the -counter. - -This plan, however, did not work well, for the boys found themselves -obliged to keep a sharp eye on these attractive goods to prevent their -being snatched by evil-disposed visitors, and it was very harassing. The -business had been so well advertised beforehand, at recesses and on -other occasions, that the whole juvenile population made a point of -repairing thither in the course of the day. Most of them came only to -look, but that was to be expected on Opening Day. - -The boys had not thought of putting up a notice to the effect that it -was no trouble to show goods; but if they had, that day's experience -would have decided them against it. Some of the boys, and girls too, for -that matter, were very provoking, and insisted on seeing everything that -was in the store, when they had not the least intention of buying -anything. - -Some of them, too, were very frank in expressing their opinion about the -stock. _They_ would not open a store at all if they could do no better -than that. - -But the very worst of it all was that all the boys that did want to buy -always wanted to trade off something else for the goods; and the girls -were more unreasonable still, for they thought that Bob and John ought -to be willing to sell everything for pins. - -By noon the boys were beginning to feel quite dejected. To be sure, they -had taken in a few cents for sour-balls; but then they had reason to -believe that several had been feloniously abstracted while the throng -was greatest--for part of the time the little counter had been lined -three or four deep--so that, on the whole, they would probably lose on -this most popular article. Bob and John each ate a sour-ball to restore -their spirits. - -"They'll melt in this bright sun," said Bob, "and the flowers are -wilting. We had better put them back in the shade. What shall we put -front instead?" - -"Slate-pencils," suggested John. - -"Pooh! Catch a boy buying a slate-pencil on Saturday." - -The question was still unsettled when the welcome sound of the dinner -bell was heard. Obeying the first impulse, both boys started for home. -Then Bob stopped. - -"I don't believe it's safe to leave the store alone," he said. - -"No, of course not. You stay till I come back. I'm awfully hungry." - -"I guess I'm as hungry as you are," returned Bob, but John was half-way -across the street; so Bob, calling to him to hurry back, sat down, -hungrier than ever, to nurse his provocation over that selfish John. -There was no help for it; he must try if another sour-ball would stop -the gnawings of hunger and sweeten his temper for the next customer. - -It seemed as if the whole town must dine at the same hour, for Bob was -left quite lonely for a while. - -Then John came back, devouring a biscuit as he came, and making some -remarks beginning, "Aunt Sue says," which Bob did not stop to hear, for -the boys passed each other in the middle of the street like two -oppositely bound locomotives. - - -II. - -Bob staid a long time. Neither did he move as swiftly on his return trip -as he had when he started out. - -"I'll tell you what it is, John," he said, at the first opportunity, -"we'll have to take in some outside partners, after all. A couple of the -Flemings could help us first-rate. They always have their meals later -than we do." - -"Well," said John, "I don't know but it would be a good thing to have -somebody to share the responsibility." - -"But I don't see how we can make room for any more boys inside here. -It's crowded enough now." - -"We don't all need to be inside at once. One could be floor-walker, and -one a detective, or something in the crowd. I'd like it. It's tiresome -sitting in this little place all day. I got awfully cramped this -morning." - -So overtures were made to Tom and Fred Fleming, who felt quite -flattered, and accepted the honor at once. After some discussion they -were installed as silent partners, and contributed their quota of -fish-hooks and decalcomanie pictures, etc., to the now flourishing -business. - -The shop being so near, Aunt Sue and Bessie visited it in the afternoon -to see how the boys were getting on. They were shocked to see some of -their own possessions airing in the new store. An old set of false curls -hung dangling on a nail, like a scalp adorning an Indian wigwam as an -honorable trophy. - -[Illustration: "'YOU OUTRAGEOUS BOYS!' EXCLAIMED AUNT SUE."] - -"You outrageous boys!" exclaimed Aunt Sue, as she seized and confiscated -it. "Where did you get this?" - -"Out of the attic," said Bob, meekly. "I thought you were done with it." - -"But it's not for sale if I am done with it. I'm surprised at you." - -Aunt Sue seemed really hurt, and was scarcely mollified by Bob's saying, -coaxingly, "Oh, now, Aunt Sue, don't be vexed. I always liked to see -them hanging down your neck. They looked so pretty, I thought somebody -else might be glad to get them." - -By this time Bessie had discovered a tin-type of herself among a lot of -cheap pictures, and her wrath burst forth on John, who was just -congratulating himself on having escaped his aunt's wrath. - -"I'd like to know what right you have to offer my picture for sale," she -said, indignantly. - -"It's not yours. It's mine. You gave it to me on my birthday." - -"And that's all you care for it! I'll be careful how I ever give my -picture to another boy. Give it to me this minute." - -"Why, no, Bess. It shows how much we admire it. Other folks do too. I -had an offer for it this morning, but I couldn't make the change." - -Bessie's eyes flashed; and Aunt Sue, coming to the rescue, quietly laid -the picture in her bag with the curls. - -"I think you had better show us your whole stock, boys," she said, -calmly. "What are your skates doing here?" - -"I'm going to sell them. I'd rather have a bicycle than skates any day." - -"Very well; only if you part with them don't expect to have a new pair -given to you when winter comes. What books have you? Why, boys, you are -not going to sell your dictionary!" - -"Oh, I'm tired of looking through it. The old bother!" - -"It must be taken home," said Aunt Sue, with decision. "It won't do to -have your father's dictionaries thumbed and dog-eared in this way. You -must keep your own." - -The boys were beginning to think that the custom of their immediate -relatives was not going to be profitable. But the seizures were over -now, and Aunt Sue actually bought in John's old copy of _Original -Poems_. Bessie, too, concluded to be forgiving, and she and Aunt Sue -made several other purchases, so that they left the boys in good spirits -in spite of the bad beginning. - -In the trying morning hours the boys had decided to close early every -Saturday afternoon "for the sake of their clerks." But they felt better -after the Flemings came to their assistance, and did not close until six -o'clock, when everything had to be packed in boxes and carried home -until Monday. Before doing this, however, they took an account of stock -and balanced their accounts, which was a comparatively simple matter, as -they sold nothing on credit. Aunt Sue had bought half their supply of -bird-seed, and Molly Fleming had taken all the bouquets at half price to -distribute in the infant school the next morning. The boys spent the -evening in talking over the events of the day. - -"If we did so well on the first day, what may we not expect on the -second?" was the feeling with which the young merchants began business -on Monday. But Monday brought new trials. The goods had all to be packed -away, and the store closed by school-time, which seemed rather -humiliating. Of course the boys intended to resume punctually at twelve -o'clock. But how unlucky! They all unaccountably missed their lessons, -and were kept in to correct them, so that they lost the whole of their -noon trade. - -Perhaps this only gave greater zest to the afternoon spell, for they -kept open quite late that evening. Still, with all their devotion, -business flagged. Infant schools could not absorb a stock of bouquets -every day, and Aunt Sue had enough bird-seed to last her a week. The -sour-ball business proved to be quite a losing one, for the luscious -things melted away mysteriously even when kept in the shade, although -each partner kept a strict watch on himself, and seldom, oh, very -seldom, refreshed himself with one. - -Things got so serious that the four partners held a business meeting -that evening after the store closed. - -"We've got to do something, boys, or we'll break before the week's out, -sure as fate," said Fred Fleming. - -By Tuesday the boys had that care-worn look that men acquire when they -can't make both ends meet. The other boys really pitied them, and some -of them actually bought slate-pencils on their way to school in the -afternoon, though they did not need them. - -That very afternoon an occurrence took place which threatened to end the -boys' store-keeping quite tragically. - -An organ grinder, with his red-coated monkey, planted himself just -beside the pile of lumber and began to play. This pleased Tom and Bob, -who happened to be in sole charge at the time. They enjoyed a monkey's -antics as well as any one. - -Perhaps it was the flag waving over the sign of the "Stanley Brothers" -that suggested to the man to play "Rally round the Flag, Boys." He -played it with a will, and the boys, and girls too, rallied with a -vengeance. The young merchants found their store again a grand centre of -attraction. - -The monkey seemed particularly delighted with it, for, after dancing and -bowing on the organ-top a short time, he leaped upon the counter, and -before the proprietors knew what he was about he had thrust his paw into -the box of rubber balls, and was throwing a ball into the crowd. - -A shout of delight greeted this feat. Tom and Bob each made a dive after -the monkey, but he dexterously eluded them, and threw another ball. - -Of course the balls were thrown back at him, and in a moment the air -seemed full of them, flying in every direction. The boys could not turn -their heads but bounce would come a ball into their eyes, and if they -tried to say, "You rascal," the words would be cut short by a ball -flying into their mouths. The uproar was tremendous, and the crowd grew -larger every minute. The monkey seemed to be in his element, dancing and -jumping from shelf to shelf, grinning and chattering with all his might, -and when there was no ball convenient he did not hesitate to throw -something else. - -The boys grew desperate when they saw their slate-pencils and -Jew's-harps flying through the air. - -"See here!" they shouted to the organ-grinder, who was now peacefully -playing the "Marseillaise Hymn," "this thing is getting dangerous. Take -your old monkey away, will you? You'll have to pay for all the damage. -Do you hear?" - -It would have been surprising if he had heard in all that uproar, but he -gave no sign. - -Tom made another lunge at the monkey, and fell sprawling over the -counter. Then Bob dived at him, but the monkey, reaching down from a -high perch, deftly lifted Bob's hat, and threw it into the crowd. - -"You rascal. I'll pay you for this," screamed Bob. - -But the next thing the monkey did was to plant himself on Bob's head. -Bob, with his face as red as the monkey's coat, clutched wildly at him, -but the monkey clutched the tighter. - -Bob could do nothing but scream and beat at the mischievous animal, -first with one hand, then with the other, then with both at once, while -the crowd shouted with laughter, until the organ-grinder, seeing that -his monkey was really in danger, stopped his music, called off his pet, -and began to move away. Then the crowd of children dispersed. - -John and Fred, who had been taking their turn "off" when these -proceedings began, now made their way to their crest-fallen comrades. -Bob was too angry to make any attempt to collect his property. He picked -up his battered hat and walked home, saying, "I don't care what becomes -of the old things. I've done with them." - -A few of their friends were kind enough to assist them in the search, -but it was a sorry-looking set of goods that were collected. - -"They're half of them gone," said Tom. "I do believe that monkey went -off with his cheeks and pockets full of our things." - -"I'll have that man prosecuted," said John, fiercely. "Which way did he -go?" - -"Oh, he's more likely to prosecute us. He says Bob half killed his -monkey." - -Sadly the boys packed up their damaged goods and carried them home, -protesting that they had had enough of store-keeping. The monkey had -scratched Bob's head so hard that he was really suffering, and Bess had -to run for the arnica bottle, and bandage his head. - -Aunt Sue was particularly liberal with the cake and preserves that -evening at tea, and if anything could have comforted the boys, it was -such thoughtfulness. - - - - -[Illustration: A FLIRTATION.] - - - - -SQUIRRELS, AND HOW TO KEEP THEM. - -BY JAMES OTIS. - - -It seems almost cruel to catch and cage such a bright, winsome little -fellow as a squirrel. In his natural state he seems to be thoroughly -happy. His home is a snug little hole in the fork of a tree, and all the -nut-bearing giants of the forest pay tribute to him. Bright, happy, -"cunning" little fellow, if you must keep him as a pet, lavish upon him -such kindness and attention as shall reconcile him to the prison bars, -and make him forget his forest home. - -The name squirrel comes from the Greek word _sciurus_, which is made up -of two words, signifying shade and tail, indicative of the little -creature's habit of shading its entire body when at rest with its tail. - -Of the species known to our woods, the most common is the striped -squirrel, an industrious little body, fond of his home and family, and -seldom given to roving, but one which the confinement of a cage kills in -a very short time. - -Then there is a little animal known by the boys as a chipmunk, which -some naturalists declare is a member of the squirrel family, while -others give it the name of dormouse. It makes a good pet, but must be -kept in a warm place, and besides the usual food for squirrels it -requires milk. - -The black squirrel is the largest of its species, and while it will live -in a cage, is rarely a tractable animal, requiring a vast amount of -patience to induce it even to take its food when any one is looking at -it. - -Then there is the flying-squirrel, which resembles the striped species. -It does not really fly, but has the power of flattening its legs and -feet in such a way that they do not look unlike wings. In leaping, the -legs and feet sustain it in the air until it almost seems as if it was -flying. - -It is the gray squirrel that is the most contented in captivity, and the -most easily tamed; therefore, if one really thinks it necessary to his -happiness to make a prisoner of such a liberty-loving little creature, -he should procure one of the gray species. - -If the reader is a would-be squirrel owner, and proposes to catch one in -the woods, he will be obliged to take just the kind of one that is -foolish enough to enter his trap; but if he proposes to buy one, he -should select it carefully, for much depends upon the condition of the -prisoner in taming or keeping him. - -See that the fur is sleek and glossy, for dry, ruffled-looking fur is a -sure sign the animal is sick, or pining so for the woods that he will -not live very long in a cage. Observe well if the feet are clean, for if -they are dirty, he has lost all pride in his appearance, which is -another sign of homesickness or some equally serious ailment. The eyes -should be bright, and the teeth perfectly white. Yellow teeth are a -sign of age, and it is as difficult to tame a very old squirrel as it is -to keep him alive in captivity. - -Beware of squirrels brought around by men who say they have caught and -tamed them. If they look stupid and inactive, the chances are that they -have been drugged to make them seem tame, and if they live, they will -surely be wild and intractable. - -Having made the selection of just such a one as you want for a pet, give -him all the comfort possible in the way of a cage. It is better to have -a large rough one than a small neat looking one; and if it is not -possible to buy a large cage, make one yourself, and the squirrel will -be pleased at the absence of style because of the increased facilities -for moving about. - -A board thirty-six inches long and sixteen wide is quite as small a base -for the house and run-around as should be given. Twenty-two inches of -this length should be devoted to the dwelling portion, which should be -built something after the style of a one-story cottage, with a second -floor just at the slope of the roof, so that the attic may serve as -sleeping-room and a place to which the squirrel can retire when he is -anxious to be hidden from view. - -The lower front of the house may be of wire, so that a portion of his -domestic life may be seen. The second floor should have in it an opening -about three inches square, which is connected with the first floor by a -small strip of board or thin stuff of any kind, placed at an angle, so -that he can get "upstairs" without difficulty. - -The floors should be of some hard wood, so that they may not absorb -water, and the whole place should be cleaned thoroughly once in every -three or four weeks. In order to do this readily, it is well to have one -side of the house fastened with hinges, so it may be swung open, and -then the little fellow can be shut into the wheel during house-cleaning. -The lower compartment should have a wire door, through which food can be -given. - -The wheel in which he takes his treadmill exercise any tin or wire -worker can make, and the hole which connects it with the house should be -large enough to prevent any possibility of his getting squeezed if he -attempts to go into his house while the wheel is turning rapidly. - -Give the little prisoner plenty of nuts of any kind, although those -containing the least oil are the best--acorns, wheat, stale bread, a -little boiled potato, and once in a very great while a bit of cooked -meat. Keep a small dish of water in the cage, and see to it carefully -that it is changed each day. - -In all dealings with the squirrel it is necessary to be gentle and -patient with him, if it is desired to make of him a real pet. Do not -force him out of his nest when he goes into it, nor keep him in the -wheel when he desires to go into his house. - -Each time that he is fed, whistle or make some peculiar sound, and he -will soon learn to come when he is called. This is the first step toward -teaching him to come into his owner's hands. After he has learned to -come at call, hold some particular dainty in the fingers, and do not let -him have it until he takes it himself. - -When once he has learned to have perfect confidence in his master, he -will not scruple to take food from his hands, and in a very short time -will be bold enough to explore his pockets, going into them bodily, for -something to eat that is a trifle better than his regular fare. - - - - -NAN.[2] - -[2] Begun in No. 157, HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. - -BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE, - -AUTHOR OF "MILDRED'S BARGAIN," "AUNT RUTH'S TEMPTATION," ETC. - - -CHAPTER V. - -Nan thought that the delight of this day never could be equalled by -anything life would bring, even at Beverley. To begin with, she and Miss -Phyllis started out in a luxurious carriage, which rolled them through -the town, past the butter shop, where Mrs. Rupert was standing in the -doorway, and deposited them at Mr. Lennon's large store, into which Nan -had never gone half so proudly before. - -"You needn't appear to recognize any one, Nan," Miss Phyllis said, just -as they went in; and this dashed Nan's spirits just a little, for Mary -Seymour, one of the girls in the millinery-room, was a particular friend -of her aunt's; but then Miss Phyllis must know best, thought Nan, and -she would trust to luck's keeping Mary out of their way. - -[Illustration: NAN PRESENTED TO MISS PHYLLIS FOR APPROVAL.] - -Everybody was most polite to Miss Rolf; and when she said quietly, "I -want to see your handsomest dresses, ready made, for this little girl," -Nan could hardly move to follow them upstairs. Out of a long case, dress -after dress was taken, held up, tried on, examined, and criticised by -Miss Phyllis, who sat languidly with her purse and her note-book, -evidently quite regardless of prices. It was well Nan's opinion was not -asked, for she would never have dared to choose what Miss Phyllis did -for her, a soft, seal brown wool costume, handsomely trimmed with silk, -and with a jacket to match. Miss Phyllis quietly desired Nan to put -these garments on; and when the saleswoman brought her back from the -dressing-room, her cousin could not repress a smile of satisfaction; and -really little Nan did credit to the quiet, lady-like costume. Miss -Phyllis saw a great many possibilities in the child's bright face and -pretty, slender figure. - -The hat question came next, and here Nan's joy was somewhat dampened by -her fear that Mary Seymour would appear and claim acquaintance, and -thereby annoy Miss Phyllis; and sure enough, while she was trying on a -beautiful brown felt hat with a scarlet wing in it, Mary Seymour's voice -was heard cheerily from across the room. - -"Why, Nan Rolf," she was saying, "is that you?" - -And then Nan saw that her princess could look very different on -different occasions. She turned a cold little stare upon poor Mary, and -then said, in a tone that the shop-girl could hear perfectly, "Who is -that, Annice?" - -Now it was the first time Nan had been called by her full name since her -father died, and between the start it gave her, and her little worry -about Mary Seymour, she hardly knew what to say, and stood looking -guiltily at her aunt's friend, with a rush of color in her face. - -"It is Mary Seymour," she said, in a low voice. - -Miss Phyllis waited a moment, the cold look still on her face; then she -took Nan by the hand, and went across the room to where Mary was busy -putting bonnet frames into a drawer. - -"My little cousin is going away from Bromfield," she said, smiling, but -speaking in the very chilliest tone. "Perhaps you had better say -'good-by' to her now. She is going to live with her aunt at Beverley." - -Poor Mary stared at the beautiful young lady, and said nothing for a -moment; then she stooped down and kissed Nan's little red check -heartily. - -"Well, good-luck go with you, Nannie dear," she said; and half -understanding the impression Miss Rolf wished to make, she added, -looking up with a sad smile, "I suppose it won't do to expect you to -remember us any more, but Tommy'll miss you dreadfully." - -"I'll write him a letter, Mary," Nan exclaimed, and seeing Miss Rolf's -look of surprise turn to something like disgust, she added, "Tommy is -Mary's lame little brother." - -Miss Phyllis said nothing, but led the way back to the hats, and Nan, -unable to restrain herself further, whispered, "Miss Rolf, Cousin -Phyllis, why did you say I was going to _live_ at Beverley, when it is -only a visit?" - -Miss Phyllis bit her lip angrily. "Never mind," was all she answered; -and then the brown felt hat was chosen, and the purchases went -on--gloves, and boots, and some dainty under-linen, and various small -belongings, until finally all that remained on Miss Phyllis's list was a -dressing-case and a trunk. Nan hardly knew which of the beautiful cases -to choose when her cousin left it to her; but finally a black leather -one with silver fastenings was selected, and Miss Phyllis directed the -shopman to have Nan's initials, A. B. R., put on it in little silver -letters. - -By this time Nan, in her new brown suit, with her hands in three-button -kid gloves, had begun to think she never, never could do justice to the -day, to Philip and Marian, and yet a something had stolen over her of -half dread to going back to the shop. Already she dreaded her aunt's -voice; the noisy, greasy tea table, where only Philip made things -endurable for her; so that when, as they left the last store, loading -the carriage with parcels, and Miss Phyllis said, "I'm going to keep you -for the night, Nan," my little heroine felt more than ever grateful and -happy. - - -CHAPTER VI. - -Mrs. Grange received Nan very cordially when she made her appearance -with Miss Rolf. The gentle little lady was quite a revelation to Nan, -whose ideas of elderly people were formed entirely on the noisy, -overworked matrons she had seen at Mrs. Rupert's. Nan was only allowed a -few words with her hostess, and then Miss Rolf carried her off to the -little sitting-room upstairs, where, when she had laid aside her hat and -jacket, Miss Rolf told her she had better write Mrs. Rupert a note to -explain her absence. - -"And I want you to word it very carefully, Nan," said Phyllis, coming up -to the little girl with a very serious expression. "You know things are -changed with you now, and you must begin at once to let your aunt and -her family understand that you are not--they can not expect you--to -treat them quite as equals." - -Nan was still full of the excitement and delight of her good fortune; -yet as Phyllis spoke, looking down gravely upon her, there came a blush -of mortification into the child's honest face. A tinge of the same color -deepened in Phyllis's soft cheeks for just half a moment, but she said, -very decidedly: - -"Now, Nan, you are not going to be a foolish, obstinate child, I hope? -Surely you must know that I and your aunt Letitia understand these -things better than a little girl brought up among vulgar people could. -Now there must be no nonsense, my dear." - -Phyllis's tone was kind, but something in it made Nan see that she -expected obedience; and was she not in every way the most wonderful and -beautiful creature Nan had ever seen? Nan's doubts vanished while -Phyllis laid out note-paper and pen and ink on a dainty little table -drawn up to one of the windows; and when Nan placed herself there to -write, her cousin sat down by the fire, with her slippered toes on the -fender, and her pretty hands, sparkling with rings, folded gracefully in -her lap. - -"Now, Nan," she said, "begin your letter. Date it 'The Willows'--that is -the name of this place. 'March 8. Dear Mrs. Rupert.'" - -Nan smiled quickly. - -"Why, Miss--Cousin Phyllis," she said, looking up from the paper, "she -would think me crazy; she is Aunt Rebecca, you know." - -Miss Rolf's delicate eyebrows drew together in a little frown. She -waited a moment, and then, with an impatient sigh, said, - -"Very well, let it go--'Dear Aunt Rebecca.'" - -Nan's pen scratched on, with many splutterings, for penmanship was her -weak point, and had not been considered a very necessary accomplishment -in the Rupert household. She looked up presently for further -instructions. - -"My cousin, Miss Rolf," dictated that young lady, "has decided that I -had better remain with her until I go to Beverley." ("Oh!" ejaculated -Nan.) "My aunt, Miss Rolf, has invited me to make her a long visit, and -as previous to my going, there are many things to be attended to in my -wardrobe, etc., my cousin Phyllis thinks it best to keep me with her. I -shall, of course, see you all before I leave." - -Nan's pen finally came to a stop. - -"That is all," said Phyllis, placidly. - -"Then I'll just send my love, I suppose," said Nan. - -After a little pause Phyllis said, "Yes," and Nan went to work again. -When she brought the letter to her cousin for inspection, this is how it -was concluded: - -"I hope you are all well, and that you'll tell Mary Seymour, when you -see her, that I'll go there before I leave, and I'll write to Tommy; and -tell Marian, please, I'll give her and Philip all the pea-nuts that are -in my drawer, and I'll write them everything that happens at Beverley. I -hope uncle's jaw is better. Your loving niece, Nan." - -Phyllis Rolf read the letter with so quiet an air that for a moment Nan -felt much relieved, feeling sure it was all right; but the first words -startled her. - -"That would not do, my dear, at all," Phyllis said, coldly. "You can -_not_ go to see this Tommy Seymour, and you had better understand at -once that your aunt will not like you to write everything to your -cousins here. Now, Nan, do you see what I mean?" - -Nan began to see a little more clearly, yet her mind was not yet made -up; still, enough of Phyllis's meaning reached her to bring two large -tears to her eyes. They rolled down her cheeks, while she looked -silently at Phyllis and her letter. - -"Don't be silly, my dear," said the young lady, standing up and smiling -good-naturedly. "There, finish your letter with just your love; that -will be the best way." - -And so Nan went back to the little table, brushing away those first -tears, and quietly obeyed her cousin. Miss Rolf took the letter from her -as soon as it was finished, and went out of the room, while Nan sat -still, wondering if Beverley would be quite _all_ she hoped for. - -Enough excitement remained to make it easy for Phyllis to control her as -she wished, and that young lady trusted to time and absence working -wonders. While Nan was sitting absorbed in her thoughts, the door -opened, and Lance Rolf came suddenly into the room. He was a tall boy, -with a spare, handsome face, delicate as Phyllis's in feature, but -olive-tinted, and with more sweetness in the brown eyes and the hues of -the mouth. He came up to Nan, holding out his hand with a pleasant -smile. - -"And are you Nan?" he said, looking at her earnestly. - -"Yes," was Nan's timid answer. - -"Well," said the boy, cheerfully, "we are cousins. My name is Lancelot -Rolf. I hope we'll be very well acquainted. So you are going to -Beverley." - -"Yes," was all Nan could contrive to say again. She longed to ask a -dozen questions of the bright, cheerful-looking boy, who, although no -older than Philip, looked so _very_ much like a little gentleman. - -"Shall you like to go?" Lance said, presently. - -Nan really felt she couldn't go on saying "yes" to everything, and so -with a great effort she said: - -"I want to go very much. Is it--is it nice there?" - -"It's a jolly old house where you are going," said Lance, "but I don't -know whether you'll enjoy it much, it's so slow, so stupid. Still, -perhaps you're not accustomed to much fun." Lance could hardly imagine -the cheese-monger's family as very entertaining. - -"Oh yes, we have a great deal of fun sometimes," said Nan, gaining -confidence. "In winter we coast and skate, and in summer there are -always picnics, and sometimes a circus." - -"But at home--wasn't there ever any fun at home?" - -Nan could not remember anything which impressed her as particularly -enjoyable in-doors. - -"No," she said, slowly, "I don't think there was. Marian always liked to -tend the shop, but I never cared so much for that. I didn't like the -smell of the cheeses, don't you know." - -"It was a cheese shop?" Lance looked very much interested. - -"Cheese and butter, and eggs and hams," Nan recited the list glibly. - -"Well," said Lancelot, very gravely, "there won't be anything like that -at Beverley; and see here, Nan, I'll just give you a friendly hint. I -don't think I'd talk much about the shop before Cousin Letitia. You see, -she might not like it--don't be _ashamed_ of it," added the boy, -flushing a little; "I don't mean you to be _mean_ about it, only you -won't need to _talk of it_." - -Nan felt that she had begun to put her old life behind her when she was -arrayed in the brown cashmere, and now little by little she was learning -to feel as the people around her felt; that, after all, she would be -expected to act and appear and think very differently about everything -as soon as she was in Beverley. - -"What do _you_ do?" said Nan, looking brightly at her new acquaintance. -"Do you live at Beverley?" - -Lance nodded. - -"When I'm home," he said. "I come to school near here, at Barnabas -Academy. When I'm home I live quite near to where you're going to be. -Oh, I do lots of things! Boys are so different from girls. I'm captain -of our baseball club, for one thing, and we are jolly good cricketers -too, I tell you. At home I do all sorts of things. Phyllis and I are -great chums; Phyllis is a regular brick." He might have said more, but -at this moment Phyllis reappeared. Nan looked at her a little anxiously. -She wondered if she was going to feel offended with her about the note; -but the young lady was perfectly cheerful, and even kissed Nan when she -said, "Now, dear, we will go down to supper. Mrs. Grange is waiting." - -[TO BE CONTINUED.] - - - - -LITTLE MASTER QUIG. - -BY MARY A BARR. - - - This tale's of little Master Quig, - Who, being little, wasn't big, - And many said, who understood, - That, being bad, he wasn't good. - When from his school he ran away, - Most people thought he didn't stay; - And I have heard, from those who know, - When he ran fast, it wasn't slow. - He always studied when compelled, - And always staid when he was held, - And always slept when not awake, - And left the thing he could not take. - To go to sea one day he planned, - And being there, was not on land, - And so stuck on a bar--alas! - For, being stuck, he could not pass. - The dark night found him in a fright, - For, being dark, it was not light. - The big waves rose and filled the boat, - And being full, it could not float. - And so, as I have heard it said, - They found him in the morning dead, - And men of sense do still maintain - He never more was seen again. - - - - -[Illustration] - -Hey, diddle, diddle, - -[Illustration] - -The cat and the fiddle; - -The cow jumped over the moon; - -[Illustration] - -The little dog laughed to see such sport; - -[Illustration] - -And the dish ran away with the spoon. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -OUR POST-OFFICE BOX. - - - WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA. - - We are three little girls who have often read and enjoyed HARPER'S - YOUNG PEOPLE very much. We meet successively at each other's home - every Friday evening, and read the stories in it. We live in a - beautiful town in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. We three go - to the same school, and like our teachers very much. Our parents - take all your papers--the MONTHLY, BAZAR, and WEEKLY--and we take - YOUNG PEOPLE. We look forward to Wednesday with a great deal of - pleasure, for we know it is the day our paper comes. We are so glad - to see Mrs. John Lillie is going to write a new story, and we are - sure it will be very interesting, as all her others are. Please - print this, as we would like to surprise our mammas. - - ELLIE C., HELEN S. S., and SUSIE W. - -Well, Ellie, Susie, and Helen, though I do not know which of you has -brown eyes and which blue, which is the tall slender girl, which the -merry-faced one with the dancing dimples, and which the plump little -maiden who always thinks before she speaks, I send my love to each of -you, and am glad to hear of your pleasant Friday evenings. You and the -thousands of other girls for whom Mrs. Lillie has written her charming -story have a real treat before you in reading it. I sometimes wish -myself a girl again just to feel for an hour the delight I used to when -beginning a beautiful new story. The girls who form Mrs. Lillie's -audience have better times in the story way than girls did when your -mammas and myself were at your age. But I, for one, still dearly love a -bright sketch or a beautiful serial; and if I were near you, I might -sometimes glide in and take an easy-chair in the corner on your reading -evenings--that is, if you would let me in on my promising to be very -good indeed. - - * * * * * - -Some of you who have empty cologne or scent bottles may make very pretty -presents for your friends by covering them with silk or plush, and -finishing off with a dainty lace ruffle and a narrow ribbon around the -neck. A beautiful tidy which I saw the other day was crocheted in heavy -cord, and looped over crimson silk. Very lovely plaques are made of the -birch-bark plates on which butter is sent home by the grocer. They must -be covered very neatly with silk or satin, on which a design is worked -or painted. The pretty little Japanese umbrellas, which cost but a few -cents, may be inverted, opened, and caught at each point with a ribbon. -Suspended from a nail, they make dainty little scrap-bags. - -The letter which follows contains a suggestion which the Postmistress -thinks excellent. She will keep a corner in the Post-office Box for all -such letters as our correspondent invites: - - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. - - DEAR POSTMISTRESS,--I remember when I was eight or ten years - younger than I am now, how hard it used to be for me to find - anything new to make for Christmas for all the aunts and cousins, - and now, as Christmas is drawing near, my younger sister comes to - me and says: "Can not you think of something for Christmas? I want - something for Aunt Mary and Aunt Lizzie, something I have not made - for them before." I have no doubt that many other little people say - the same thing. Now, I have a plan to propose to you, and if you - think it a good one, will you mention it in the Post-office Box? - Let each little girl--and boy too, if he wishes--write and describe - something that he or she makes for Christmas, and then if you will - be so good as to publish the letters I think before Christmas we - may have quite a variety of ideas. Of course each article mentioned - would not be new to all, but it would be new to some, and I think - many little girls would be greatly aided. Now what do you think? - - ONE OF YOUR OLDER READERS. - - * * * * * - -BABY'S DAY. - - Awake at five in the morning, - Bright as a little bird, - Cooing and laughing and crowing - Before a person has stirred. - - Carried on papa's shoulder, - Lying on mamma's arm, - Never a king was bolder - Or safer from slightest harm. - - Going to ride with sister, - Taking a cozy nap, - Resting before his dinner - On grandmamma's silken lap. - - Creeping over the carpet, - Playing with pretty toys; - Baby's the dearest darling, - The prettiest, best of boys. - - SUSIE PATTON. - - * * * * * - - OLEAN, NEW YORK. - - I think that Frankie would be a pretty name for Marion W.'s baby - brother. I have nine dolls. Their names are Mollie, Lottie, Edith, - Eva, Lena, Christina, Carrie, Johnnie, and Bertie. I like your - stories all very much, especially "Toby Tyler," "Mr. Stubbs's - Brother," and "Their Girl." I send my love to the Postmistress. - - LENA MATTHEWS. - - * * * * * - - MADISON, NEW JERSEY. - - I am a little boy six years old. My brother Louie takes YOUNG - PEOPLE, and has every number. Baby Roe and I love to have mamma - read it to us. Roe and I have bad colds, so I could not go to - school, but Louie could. I learned to print in school. This is my - first letter. I hope you will print it. - - HOWARD B. G. - -Your little note was printed so nicely that it was as plain as though -the letters had been formed by the type-writing machine. After all, -there is no machine of which I ever heard so wonderful as the four -little fingers and thumb of a boy's hand. Ask papa and mamma if they -don't agree with me. - - * * * * * - - SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. - - I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I like it very - much. I have written one letter to the Post-office Box, but I - thought I would write again. My friend Howard R. has written too. - We two have formed a printing firm under the name of P. & R. We - made four dollars clear profit, with which we bought each a pair of - roller skates. We have over three dollars in our bank now. Some of - my playmates and I have formed a club under the name of Holiday - Club, and some of my boy friends and I have formed a military - company by the name of Home Guards. We parade in the academy - play-grounds. The other day we fought almost all the battles of the - Revolution. - - A. H. P. - -All the battles of the Revolution in one day! I wonder you slept a wink -the night after such tremendous exertion. But boys are made of steel -springs and India rubber, and can stand a good deal of pounding. Please -send me word about the various doings of your holiday club, and don't -let the fun interfere with your studies, or else the preceptors and -professors may veto your good times. I am glad you are so successful as -amateur printers. - - * * * * * - - NEW YORK CITY. - - I am a little boy nine years old. I have a cat and a kitten. The - cat's name is Gypsy, but I have not named the kitten yet. I take - HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it very much. The other day the - kitten fell from a chair and hurt its leg, but it is well now. - - CITO S. - - * * * * * - -Dear little Robin D., who often sends answers to puzzles, was not well, -and so mamma became her amanuensis, sent her answers and her new -puzzles, which will see the light before long, and this pleasant little -message to the Postmistress and to Marion W. - -I hope Robin is quite well by this time. - - Robin says: "Mamma, tell the Postmistress that my little pet bird - Jimmie died, and wasn't it too bad, but that now I have a beautiful - white dove and a dear little bird whose name is Montie, but I still - mourn for Jimmie, whose cage was draped in mourning for a whole - week. We buried him in our yard." - - Robin thinks that Edgar is a very pretty name for a boy, or Irving. - She does not really know which to choose for little Marion W.'s - dear baby brother. She says, "If one little girl may put in more - than one name for Marion to choose from, put both Irving and Edgar - in from Robin D." - -I am very sorry little Jimmie died. When Marion chooses a name, she must -not forget to send us all word what it is, as we feel quite an interest, -don't we, children? - - * * * * * - - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. - - I want to ask you to tell me a pretty name for a little kitty, - because I don't know any nice ones. Now I want to tell you about - where I went last summer. I went to Falmouth, which is very near - the sea-side, and is a very pleasant place. I went in bathing only - twice while I was there, but went in wading nearly every day. I - went in a sail-boat once, and had a very nice sail, and then I went - down the beach a little way to catch minnows, but couldn't. - Good-by. - - ALICE S. - -Muff is a nice name for a kitty. - -Let me tell you about a kitty which a little boy friend of mine had for -his pet. It was a black kitty, I believe, though I am not sure. He -carried it everywhere with him, and when he was practicing one -afternoon, he set it on the piano that it might hear him play. It -nestled its head cunningly on its tiny paws, and listened with all its -might. - -Somebody called the little boy away for a moment. When he came back the -kitty was gone. - -High and low they hunted for it. Mamma, nurse, two little sisters, and -even the baby, called Kitty! Kitty! but no kitty answered. After a long -time there came a faint little mieuw on the air; and where do you -suppose they found that small cat? Why, in the piano, where she had -taken a cozy nap. - - * * * * * - - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. - - Most boys and girls tell about their pets. I have none, except my - little brother, two years and a half old. I have two sisters and - this sweet little brother. We moved from Louisville, Kentucky, to - Nashville about a month ago, and I am very homesick to go back - again. We spent the summer at Bon Aqua Springs, not far from here, - and had a nice time. I have a doll, and her name is Eva Wallace; - she will be four years old on Christmas. My little brother tries to - call us girls "girlie," and he says "dirlie." He calls me - "Black-eye dirlie," my sister Grace "Blue-eye dirlie," and sister - Florence "Brown-eye dirlie." His name is Theodore. We have taken - YOUNG PEOPLE from the beginning, and think it is the best of - papers. Mamma takes the BAZAR and MAGAZINE. My papa is away most of - the time, and we are always glad when he comes home. I go to - school, and am in the Fifth Grade. I study reading, spelling, - arithmetic, geography, writing, and drawing. I am eleven years old. - - BESSIE W. - - * * * * * - - SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. - - I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I am a little girl eight years old, - and live on a farm five miles from the city. I go to school now, - but mamma will teach me at home this winter. I have two pets, a - white bantam chicken named Polly and a white kitty named Snow. I - had a canary-bird, but he was sick and died; his name was Billy. I - have three dollies; I do not play with them very much, because I - have no one to play with me. Papa has a nice Irish setter dog to - hunt with; his name is Paul. I will write again as soon as I can - write better. - - GEORGIANA D. - - * * * * * - - DRIFTON, PENNSYLVANIA. - - I have lately returned from Europe, and I enjoyed the pile of - Magazines I found here. I brought home a gondola from Venice, and I - also brought a curious swan which I saw them make at the - glass-works. I had a splendid time in dear old London. We saw the - Queen and the Princess of Wales. We saw the wine-vaults. We crossed - the Alps in four-horse carriages, and I made snow-balls in June. - YOUNG PEOPLE is the best paper out. - - OCKLEY B. C. - -You have many delightful things to remember about your trip abroad. I -hope you kept a journal. - - * * * * * - - NORWALK, CONNECTICUT. - - I am eleven years old, and live in Norwalk in the summer, and in - New York city in the winter. I have no brothers nor sisters, except - two who are grown up, and I have a brother at college. We are going - to New York on the first of next month. I enjoy HARPER'S YOUNG - PEOPLE very much, and look forward to its coming with great - pleasure. As you wanted to hear from any girl or boy who had a - garden, I thought I would tell you about mine. I planted in my - garden this summer potatoes, onions, tomatoes, strawberries, and - celery, besides flowers. I had enough potatoes for the whole family - for dinner, so I had them on the table that day, and I hope to - have my celery to-morrow. The cook made me some caramels from the - receipt you put in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, but it wouldn't harden, - so she made a chocolate cake, and I had it on the table one - evening. As I have no more to tell about I think I will close. - - HARRY C. M. - -You were a famous little gardener, and deserve great praise. - - * * * * * - - ALLEGHANY, PENNSYLVANIA. - - I am a little girl nearly eleven years old. I will tell you about - my summer trip. I can not tell all the places we went to, but one - place was the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There are very fine - views, especially from the top of Mount Washington. You would laugh - to see the funny little cars that go up and down. It is very steep, - and as you go up you see nothing but rocks. Mamma thought it was - frightful, but I did not. Well, good-by. - - ANNIE H. S. - -I might have laughed when I was eleven years old, dear, but I never go -up a steep mountain nowadays without feeling, like your mamma, that -there is danger as well as pleasure about the ascent. I am glad you have -been to the top of Mount Washington, and have looked from there over the -great mountains and deep valleys of New England. - - * * * * * - - MILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. - - I am a little girl twelve years old, and live in a small town - thirty miles from Toronto. We are always very glad when your paper - comes. I love to read the letters in the Post-office Box. I like - "The Cruise of the Canoe Club." My father and four of my uncles are - in Montana, and my aunt and her children are going out there next - week. My uncle and his youngest brother belong to a surveying - party, and have been surveying in the Rocky Mountains and - Yellowstone Park all summer, and write home delightfully - interesting descriptions of the wonders to be seen there--about the - geysers and glass mountains, also soda mountains, and caņons. The - Grand Caņon is the deepest of all; it is several thousand feet - deep, and at the bottom is a rushing, roaring river. One of my - uncles descended into it. It is so deep that if you go down into it - and look upward, you can see the stars at three o'clock in the - afternoon. The geysers spout up water to a tremendous height. One - of them--I think it is called the Excelsior--throws water in which - are pieces of rock to a height of three hundred feet. Often the - eruptions are preceded by rumblings and shakings like an - earthquake. Once when the party were near one of the geyser basins, - suddenly the earth began to quake, and the water in the basin - spouted ever so high, and the sky was filled with water and pieces - of rock, and they had to run to get out of the way. Perhaps we will - go to Montana if father stays there; and if we do, mother says that - we may take an occasional trip to the Park, and then I will write - and tell you of some of the things we see there. - - BECCA R. - - * * * * * - -The cunning little letter which follows was sent by a little girl five -and one-half years old to her young lady sisters away from home. This -little girl lives near a railroad, and every day she and her brother -watch for their conductors, as they call them, and wave to them as the -cars rush past the door. By the "tassels with the board on" little Amy -meant a lambrequin which belonged on the mantel. Jumbo is a huge toy -elephant greatly admired by the little folks in Amy's nursery: - - TENAFLY, NEW JERSEY. - - DEAR LOUISE AND MAGGIE,--It will soon be Roy's birthday. If you - don't come home quick, you won't be here before it comes. Roy - creeps. He can walk with our taking hold of him. He can stand up by - the bath-tub. May S. don't know some of the words of her - music-lesson. I say my lessons every day at home, and then I say - them in school. I did not get a bad mark to-day; sometimes I do. I - get apples in B.'s yard--they don't care--and take them to school - over recess, and then I take them home. Mamma has to sew so hard, - and we bother her, and she sends us out-doors. When it rains she - don't; then we stay in the house, and play with our toys. Sarah's - back, and we're glad, and she irons every Tuesday. We take walks - with her sometimes. Mary's here too, and sometimes she goes out - with her husband. I like him, and he gives me pennies. I would like - to be over there and see your big dog Frank. Some Sunday afternoons - papa's tired, and he don't want to go riding. We did go last - Sunday. Last Sunday we took Roy. Marian plays with Roy every day, - and mamma says Stop! when she hurts him. Clifford has to get his - teeth fixed, and we can't go to P. until next Monday. Every day - papa goes out to see the men fixing the trestle-work. On Roy's - birthday we're going to have a little party; no one is coming, only - us. Mamma has to send out when she wants papa--away out to the - trestle-work. Mamma writes this letter, and I find the words. - Marian has got lots of things in the corner by the bookcase again. - Clifford's got lots of cars now, and he plays with them 'most every - day. He's got a new tin train of cars from the Fair. We're getting - our stoves fixed. There's fire in the sitting-room. Your tassels - with the board on is up in the front parlor. We've got a Jumbo from - the Fair. We take Jumbo out to see our 'ductors. Mine is away, and - ain't home yet. Roy goes around picking up everything, and gets - things out of mamma's basket, and dumped it over twice. It's near - winter, and we've got the sleds down. - - A kiss for Maggie, and a kiss for Louise. Love for Maggie, and love - for Louise. - - AMY D. - - * * * * * - - FREMONT, NEBRASKA. - - Dear "HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE,"--My brother Paul takes HARPER'S YOUNG - PEOPLE, and I think it is a very nice paper. I was eight years old - the 7th of September. I have a sister who is four years old. And we - have a horse named Dick; he is gentle and a very nice horse, and - will eat apples as well as any boy can. He will shake hands with - either leg. I go to school, and I am already in the Third Reader. - My teacher's name is Miss S. And we have got a calf called Rosy, - and she is a very gentle and nice calf, and we have a pretty wild - cow. - - BURNIE C. - - * * * * * - - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. - - I am a little boy nine years old. This is my first letter. I like - the story of "The Cruise of the Canoe Club" and "Mr. Stubbs's - Brother." I commenced going to school in March, 1881, and am now in - the Seventh Grade. I was honorably promoted last June. I am trying - very hard to be the same this term. I go to Alameda nearly every - Saturday with my papa to take a salt-water bath. I can swim a - little. I live in the city, and can not have as much fun as the - little boys in the country; but I shall go to the country next - vacation. - - ALLEN G. W. - -A boy who tries hard is sure to succeed. When next you are promoted -write again, as I like to keep an account of my boys when they do well. -I am glad you can swim. - - * * * * * - -FRANK AND JOE.--The twenty numbers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE containing -the story of "Toby Tyler" will cost you eighty cents. By sending $1 to -Messrs. HARPER & BROTHERS you may obtain _Toby Tyler_ in a beautiful -bound volume, handsomely illustrated. - - * * * * * - -SALT.--Yes, Daisy, you are right in your supposition that people in very -old times were alarmed if any one spilled salt on the table at a meal. -It was fancied that the unlucky accident was the sign of a quarrel -between two of the company. However, I attach no importance to such -signs, even when they are ancient, and if you came to dine with me, and -the salt-cellar happened to be upset, I would not trouble for our -friendship. - -Among the Arabs salt is regarded as sacred, and if you happen to be the -guest of a Bedouin, who meeting you in the desert would rob you and be -glad of the chance, you are perfectly safe if you share his bread and -salt; he will protect you against all enemies. You see, that salt among -these wild people is the emblem of hospitality. The Romans thought it -unfortunate to sit down at a feast where the salt had been forgotten. -The Greeks had the same feeling. It was also considered very thoughtless -to leave salt unlocked overnight. - -I hope, Daisy dear, that while reading and studying about these curious -superstitions you will take care not to believe in them yourself. - - * * * * * - -For the information of some of our new subscribers who write to ask we -repeat that there is no charge for the publication of exchanges. They -should be brief. State first what you desire to offer, and then what you -wish to receive. Please write with black ink as plainly as you can, and -sign your full name and post-office address. Birds' eggs and fire-arms -are prohibited as articles of exchange. The Editor reserves the right to -exclude any exchange in whole or in part if for any reason it is -considered unfit for YOUNG PEOPLE. - -Having sent your letter, you should wait very patiently for your turn, -as the department is always crowded, and no exchange can ever be printed -in the paper next issued after its reception. - -To avoid misunderstanding, exchangers should always write fully to each -other and receive replies before sending away their articles. Each -should arrange in this way about the necessary expense of the mail or -express. Articles should not be sent to the office of YOUNG PEOPLE, but -directly to the persons with whom they are to be exchanged. - - * * * * * - -SUCCESSFUL WIGGLERS.--We should be glad if Hattie M. Pearley, B. F. M., -and A. W., who have been successful in reproducing our artist's idea of -Wiggle No. 29, would each send us his or her full name and address. - - * * * * * - -PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS. - -No. 1. - -GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE. - -In the month of (a cape in Massachusetts) a lady named (a city in -Brazil), and a gentleman named (a cape in Virginia), went to (the -capital of Italy) in the (a lake in Minnesota). They walked until noon, -when the lady opened a satchel made of (a country in Africa). It -contained a fried (river in Minnesota), some fine old (a river in South -America), and a (islands in the Pacific Ocean) for each. As it had been -(a lake in Minnesota) and the (a river in England) was rather (a country -of South America), they wanted to return to their home, but the (an -island west of England) lost a cuff button made of (a city in New -Mexico), and ornamented with (a river in Mississippi). While they were -on the (a cape of North Carolina) they met (a river of South America), -who said he thought (an island near Massachusetts), who was a colored -woman. - - PANSY. - - * * * * * - -No. 2. - -MIXED ANIMALS. - -In these examples the problem is to arrange the grouped letters so that -they will form a word agreeing with the accompanying definition. - - Phelenta--The largest of quadrupeds. - Spophoptiamu--A river-horse. - Reazb--A striped horse. - Elawh--A sea animal. - Tribab--A furry animal. - - BARTIE. - - * * * * * - -No. 3. - -HIDDEN FISHES. - -1. I have bought a new carpet, Angelina. 2. Lucy lost her ring. 3. Tommy -had ten chickens. 4. Mr. Stubbs had flung away all Toby Tyler's money. - - BARTIE. - - * * * * * - -No. 4. - -DOUBLE ACROSTIC. - -1. A kind of cloth. 2. A precious stone. 3. A famous musical composer. -4. A glazier's diamond. Primials--A bird. Finals--Part of the bird, -connected, to join. - - LODESTAR. - - * * * * * - -No. 5. - -THREE PROGRESSIVE HALF-SQUARES. - -1.--1. A letter. 2. A preposition. 3. A Latin verb. 4. Anything very -small. - -2.--1. A letter. 2. To exist. 3. The cry of a sheep. 4. To support. - -3.--1. A letter. 2. An abbreviation. 3. A covering. 4. To engage in -conflict. - - J. K. M. ILES. - - * * * * * - -ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 156. - -No. 1. - - J A M E S - A D E L A - M E D A L - E L A T E - S A L E M - -No. 2. - - A ra B - D at E - A we D - M in E - -No. 3. - -Lock. Peach. - -No. 4. - -Hate. - -No. 5. - -Cupboard. - -No. 6. - - D o G - O b I - L eathe R - L ul L - -No. 7. - - E Q M - A S P H U T R O B - E S S A Y Q U A I L M O N E Y - P A T T I N B E D - Y L Y - - * * * * * - -Answer to Rebus on page 848--"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the -lip." - - * * * * * - -Answer to Enigma on page 848--A rainbow. - - * * * * * - -Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Robin Dyke, William -A. Lewis, John Duerk, Alfred and Blanche Bloomingdale, Horace W. -Danforth, Alice C. Little, "Junebug," "Fairy Godmother," Lulu Breese, -Emily Godwin, Archie Ives, "Mayblossom," Fanny R. Emerson, Ben and Ned, -John Twombley, Hugh Remsen, "Fuss and Feathers," Brandt Beekman, Lena -Matthews, A. H. Patterson, Frank Sinsabaugh, Edith M. 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McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#WAITING">WAITING.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#AN_ADVENTURE_IN_THE_SUEZ_CANAL">AN ADVENTURE IN THE SUEZ CANAL.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#UNCLE_ZEDS_WOLF">UNCLE ZED'S WOLF.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#CORAL_REEFS">CORAL REEFS.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#THE_BOYS_STORE-KEEPING">THE BOY'S STORE-KEEPING.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#SQUIRRELS_AND_HOW_TO_KEEP_THEM">SQUIRRELS, AND HOW TO KEEP THEM.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#NAN">NAN.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#LITTLE_MASTER_QUIG">LITTLE MASTER QUIG.</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><a href="#OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX">OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 800px;"> -<img src="images/ill_001.jpg" width="800" height="298" alt="HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE" /> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">vol. iv.—no</span>. 159.</td><td align="center"><span class="smcap">Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York</span>.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">price four cents</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tuesday, November 14, 1882.</td><td align="center">Copyright, 1882, by <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span>.</td><td align="right">$1.50 per Year, in Advance.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 655px;"><a name="WAITING" id="WAITING"></a> -<img src="images/ill_002.jpg" width="655" height="700" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p> - -<h2>WAITING.</h2> - -<h3>BY MARGARET JOHNSON.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I said, "When will the summer come?</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">Mamma, is it not late?"</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">She smiled, and answered. "By-and-by;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">Be patient, child, and wait."</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I asked papa if he would buy</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">A new wax doll for me.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">He pinched my cheek, and said, "Not now;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">Be patient, and I'll see."</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Nurse, tell me when my dear rose-bush</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">A blossom red will bear."</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Oh, by-and-by, my dear. Don't fret.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">Come, let me brush your hair."</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"When shall I grow so tall, papa,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">That I can reach your head?"</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Quite soon enough, my little one;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">Wait patiently," he said.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">"Dear me!" I thought; "they all say 'Wait.'</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">I'll put my dolls away.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And go and sit upon the stairs</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">As long as I can stay."</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">Now I have waited patiently</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">For hours and hours and hours,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">And yet the dear doll has not come,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">The summer, nor the flowers.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I have not grown a single bit,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">And now I know it's late.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 19em;">I'm going up to tell mamma</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 20em;">It does no good to wait.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="AN_ADVENTURE_IN_THE_SUEZ_CANAL" id="AN_ADVENTURE_IN_THE_SUEZ_CANAL">AN ADVENTURE IN THE SUEZ CANAL.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY DAVID KER.</h3> - -<p>"So it seems a fellow called Arabi Bey, or some such name, is making a -row in Cairo; but of course it won't come to anything—these things -never do."</p> - -<p>So spoke, after exchanging a few words with a pilot who had just come -down the Suez Canal from Port Said, the Captain of our homeward-bound -steamer from India, little dreaming how world-famous the "row" of which -he spoke so lightly was to become not many weeks later.</p> - -<p>"If these Arab fellows should ever want to destroy the canal," says a -young English Lieutenant of Engineers going home from India on leave, -"they wouldn't have much trouble with it. You see there's a regular -hollow on each side here and there, and they need only dig through or -blow up the embankment to run the channel bone-dry in no time."</p> - -<p>His words are confirmed a few minutes later when a group of native -goat-herds, as black and shaggy and wild-looking as the goats which they -tend, wade out to within a few yards of the steamer, clamorously -offering to dive for <i>piastres</i> (five-cent copper pieces). In fact, the -Suez Canal, throughout its whole length of eighty-six miles, is as -shallow as any ditch except in the very centre of the channel, and even -there it has a depth of only twenty six and a quarter feet, with a mean -breadth of seventy, widening to one hundred in the "sidings."</p> - -<p>Every now and then we pass a neat little landing-place, surmounted by a -painted station house overlooking a tiny patch of stunted shrubs and -straggling flowers, doing their best to grow upon a thin smear of soil -brought from a distance, and plastered upon the barren, scorching sand. -A little farther on we see, perched on a steep sand ridge just at the -point where the canal enters the wide smooth expanse of the Timsah Lake, -a primitive sentry-box, consisting merely of a screen of dried grass, -supported by four tall canes, beneath which a drowsy Arab is supposed to -look out for passing steamers when he has nothing better to do.</p> - -<p>But just as we are two-thirds of the way across the Timsah Lake itself, -one of the many shallow lagoons through which the canal runs for a full -third of its length, we see the French steamer ahead of us halt -suddenly, and the next moment comes a signal that a boat has run aground -in the canal beyond the lake, and that we must wait until she gets off -again.</p> - -<p>There is no help for it, and we are just making up our minds to a halt -of several hours, with nothing to do but stare at the trim bonbon-like -houses and dark green plantations of Ismailia<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> along the farther -shore, with the big white front of the Khedive's palace standing up in -the midst like an overgrown hotel, when an unexpected interruption -occurs.</p> - -<p>"Look here, mates," shouts a sailor perched on the jib-boom; "here's one -o' them darkies out for a swim. He'll be coming to challenge old Jack -here to swim a match for the championship of the canal."</p> - -<p>"Let him try it," retorts a tall, raw-boned, North Country man behind -him. "If that 'ere nigger thinks he can beat <i>me</i>, he'll know better -afore long, or my name ain't Jack Hawley."</p> - -<p>So saying, Jack strips and plunges in, heading straight for the round -black head which is bobbing about like a cork in the smooth water. But -just as he reaches the Arab the latter vanishes, and a sharp pinch on -his right calf warns Jack that his enemy has taken him in the rear, amid -a shout of laughter from the steamer.</p> - -<p>Jack darts at his assailant, who dives again, and coming up beyond him, -splashes a perfect cataract of water in his face, and instantly the two -are at it with might and main, filling the whole air with showers of -glittering spray.</p> - -<p>"Will you swim me to that buoy yonder, Johnny?" challenges Jack.</p> - -<p>"You go, me go," grins the native, and off they start.</p> - -<p>At first the Egyptian's short, snapping, hand-over-hand stroke carries -him bravely on; but little by little the long, steady, powerful strokes -of the Englishman begin to tell, and at length he forges slightly ahead. -The crew cheer lustily, and fancy that Jack has certainly won the race; -but the young Lieutenant, who knows Arab ways, shakes his head and tells -them to "wait a bit."</p> - -<p>Poor Jack! he has forgotten in his eagerness that his head is -unprotected, and that he has not one of those cast-iron Eastern skulls -that can defy a tropical sun. All at once his head is seen to sway -dizzily back, he throws up his arms convulsively, and down he goes.</p> - -<p>"Stand by to lower the boat!" roars the Captain. "Be alive now!"</p> - -<p>As if moved by a single impulse, the men spring at once to the davits; -but, luckily for poor Jack, other and nearer help is at hand. The Arab, -when he sees his rival's strength fail so suddenly, guesses in a moment -what is the matter, and makes for him at once. Three powerful strokes -bring him alongside of the sinking man, and twining his sinewy fingers -in Jack's bushy hair, he holds the latter's head above water, paddling -gently meanwhile to keep himself afloat.</p> - -<p>"Stand by your tackle! let go!"</p> - -<p>The tackles rattle sharply through the blocks, the boat splashes into -the water, and the passengers spring upon the bulwarks to give her a -cheer as she darts away toward the two imperilled men, as fast as eight -sturdy rowers can propel her.</p> - -<p>But in this race between life and death the chances are terribly in -favor of the latter. True, the water of the lake, salter by far than the -sea itself, is buoyant as India rubber; but it is no easy matter for the -Arab, already spent with his long swim, to support the huge bulk of the -helpless sailor, and the boat seems still a fearfully long way off.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> - -<p>Once, twice, the Englishman's head dips below the surface, and the -oarsmen almost leap from their seats as they see it. Pull, boys, pull! -And now they are but three lengths off, and now but one, and now, with a -deafening hurrah, the fainting man and his exhausted rescuer are dragged -into the boat.</p> - -<p>"Come, boys," cried Lieutenant H——, "that's a plucky fellow, Arab or -no Arab. What do you say to sending round the hat for him; here's a -<i>rupee</i>" (fifty cents) "to begin with."</p> - -<p>And half an hour later the Arab was on his way back to the shore, with -more money tied up in the white cotton sash round his waist than he had -ever had before, in his life.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="UNCLE_ZEDS_WOLF" id="UNCLE_ZEDS_WOLF">UNCLE ZED'S WOLF.</a></h2> - -<h4>A TRUE STORY.</h4> - -<h3>BY MRS. KATE UPSON CLARK.</h3> - -<p>"Baa! baa! baa!" sounded in noisy, frightened chorus underneath Parson -Darius Miller's windows one cold April morning about fifty years ago.</p> - -<p>So loud and so persistent was the chorus that Parson Miller's three -sturdy boys were awake and on their feet before it had grown light -enough to distinguish anything in the gray outside.</p> - -<p>"Father! father!" shouted James, the second boy, clattering down the -stairs in his heavy boots, "what ails the sheep? They're all huddled up -close to the house, right under your window. Don't you hear them? Say, -father, wake up!"</p> - -<p>In response to all this outcry, good Parson Miller, who was a -hardworking farmer as well as a parson, and slept the sleep of the just, -gave forth a feeble and only half-intelligent "yes." Presently, however, -he joined the boys, and then discovered that not all the sheep were -huddled together underneath the windows, but that two of them were -missing, and that large dangerous-looking tracks were all over the light -snow—a regular "sugar-snow"—which covered the ground outside.</p> - -<p>"I'll bet it's a wolf," ventured Daniel, the eldest boy.</p> - -<p>"Guess it's nothing but a wild-cat," said the parson.</p> - -<p>"Too big for a wild-cat," said Tom. "A great deal bigger than the one -Squire Taylor caught in his trap."</p> - -<p>Tom was the quiet boy, but somehow, when Tom spoke, even the older ones -paid attention. Tom's eyes were always on the alert, and though they -were of a gray and by no means beautiful color, and were set in a sallow -and "peaked" little face, Tom was considered a vastly good-looking boy -by all of the family and his intimate friends, on the principle of -"Handsome is that handsome does."</p> - -<p>Just then Squire Taylor, their next neighbor, came tramping hastily -across his field, his two boys, of about the same age as James and Tom -Miller, following after him.</p> - -<p>"Wolf tracks all around my barn," said the good Squire, excitedly, -before he had come near enough to see the sheep lying on the snow.</p> - -<p>"There!" cried Daniel, nodding significantly to Tom.</p> - -<p>"Where's the fellow gone?" queried little Tom, who was only fourteen, -and who didn't look so old as that by reason of his small stature.</p> - -<p>"That's it! that's it!" cried the Squire, slapping Tom approvingly on -the shoulder. "Where's the varmint gone? Let's track him, to be sure. -Hullo! there's Uncle Zed."</p> - -<p>Sure enough, old Zadok Cummings, familiarly known as "Uncle Zed," was -hurrying along through the fields toward them, and carrying his old -shot-gun in his hands. The news had evidently travelled fast.</p> - -<p>"Seen him?" shouted the old man, all on fire with excitement, while -drops of sweat ran down his russet face, in spite of the chilly weather. -"Jest tell me what direction he's took, 'n' I'll ketch him! The critter! -I'll ketch him; oh, I'll ketch him!" And Uncle Zed looked so fierce and -funny that all of them began to laugh. But they finally succeeded in -convincing the old man that he couldn't possibly "ketch him," for a few -moments at least, and that the case was too serious for them to decide -at once on the best course to pursue.</p> - -<p>"He'll be around to-night too, and bring some more with him, if we don't -ketch him," put in Uncle Zed, whenever a good chance occurred.</p> - -<p>Two or three had started out to follow the trail of the wolf, and they -came back to report that the tracks ended in Squire Taylor's woods.</p> - -<p>"We must make a ring right around the woods, and hem him in—that's the -way," said the Squire, quickly.</p> - -<p>Tom, standing back behind his brothers, was seen to nod approvingly, -whereupon the other boys did the same. Indeed, the proposition seemed to -commend itself to the entire company, and they started toward the woods, -those who had not brought guns hurrying off to get some.</p> - -<p>"I could do it jest as well alone," muttered Uncle Zed. "They hain't ben -no wolves around here for several years now, but I hain't forgot how to -ketch 'em. I guess I hain't."</p> - -<p>The men were disposed, and then everything was profoundly quiet, -excepting for the sound of the beating of the bushes, or of a stray -shot, when some overconfident hunter was "sure he had him."</p> - -<p>At last Uncle Zed heard a low growl in a thicket, and he had hardly time -to raise his gun when out sprang an enormous wolf, and came directly -toward him. The old man, almost paralyzed with fright, pulled the -trigger, but his hand trembled so that his shot went a yard above the -wolf's head, and the animal bounded past him unhurt. Uncle Zed shrieked, -"Wolf! wolf!" and a half-dozen men were soon in hot pursuit of the -discovered game.</p> - -<p>Tom Miller, feeling very disconsolate because he hadn't any gun, had not -accompanied the rest; but his mother, who felt no fear for Tom, and -sympathized deeply with the courageous little fellow, had advised him to -go to a certain neighbor's and see if he couldn't borrow one. It was -necessary to go quite a distance, but Tom had made it on old Sorrel, the -mare. He had come back in a wonderfully short time, bringing a trusty -little shot-gun with him, and was making his way up the hill just as the -wolf dashed out of the woods, heading in his direction.</p> - -<p>Tom's heart came up in his throat, but he ran for a clump of bushes -close by that he thought would afford a good position for a shot, -stationed himself among them, and waited.</p> - -<p>The cries of the men in pursuit came nearer. Then the gallop into which -the wolf had broken from its quick trot when it left the woods seemed to -shake the very ground under him. Spring—spring—spring, came the -terrified brute. He was in sight. Tom steadied his gun and fired. The -wolf uttered a cry, half bark, half screech, and giving a few lame and -wounded leaps, lay bleeding on the ground. Then shot after shot from the -men behind was poured in upon the poor creature, until he lay thoroughly -dead. Tom Miller was quite the hero of the day, and it was voted -unanimously that the wolf-skin belonged to him.</p> - -<p>"Well, Uncle Zed, why didn't you 'ketch him,' as you said you were going -to?" inquired Squire Taylor, jokingly, as the men were separating to go -to a late dinner.</p> - -<p>"Don' know what in thunder ailed my gun," complained Uncle Zed, rapping -that unfortunate weapon crossly; "but, after all"—straightening up -proudly—"you'd never have ketched that wolf if it hadn't 'a ben for -me."</p> - -<p>"How's that?" asked the Squire.</p> - -<p>"Why, goodness gracious! didn't you hear me holler? I hollered an' -started you all up. My!" continued the old man, reflectively, as he -turned away amid a general laugh, which did not appear to damp his -spirits in the least, "how I did holler!"</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="CORAL_REEFS" id="CORAL_REEFS">CORAL REEFS.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY SARAH COOPER.</h3> - -<p>The attention of seamen and navigators has long been attracted by the -number of circular islands in the warm parts of the Pacific and Indian -oceans. Generally each one of these circular islands contains a lake of -quiet water extending almost to its outer shores, so that the island -looks like a fairy ring of land floating in the ocean, and adorned with -tropical trees and plants.</p> - -<p>Happily for the boys and girls of the present day, this subject, with -other equally fascinating branches of science, has now been studied by -naturalists, who give us the rich results of their labors. It seems -scarcely possible that the dainty beautiful corals which we examined not -long ago in <span class="smcap">Young People</span> can have anything to do with the making of -islands, but so it is. Coral reefs are vast masses of coral which have -grown in warm oceans. Their formation must have been slow, yet they -sometimes extend hundreds of miles. Florida and many other parts of our -solid continents are known to have been formed from coral reefs.</p> - -<p>Let us now try to picture to ourselves the beginning of one of these -reefs, and by following its growth step by step we may at least -understand how it has been formed. There are hills and valleys on the -bottom of the ocean as well as on the land. We will fancy that some -young coral polyps which have been swimming about in the sea settle on -the sides of one of these hills, and begin to grow and spread all around -it. They will increase also by the deposit of eggs until they form a -circular wall.</p> - -<p>As the coral wall grows, the lower polyps and the inner ones die, their -skeletons forming a solid foundation for all that grow above them. There -may be only about an inch of living coral on the outside of the reef.</p> - -<div class="figleft" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_003.jpg" width="400" height="183" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Fig. 1.—a, a, <span class="smcap">Surface of the Water</span>; b, <span class="smcap">Natural Red of -the Ocean</span>; c, c, <span class="smcap">Coral Formation</span>; d, <span class="smcap">Lagoon</span>.</span> -</div> - -<p>These walls rise nearly straight, and you will see that in doing so they -inclose a circular basin of quiet water, and now you can understand why -it is that a coral island mostly has a lake in the centre, as is shown -in Fig. 1. The lakes are called lagoons.</p> - -<p>The bottom of the wall is formed of brain-coral and other solid kinds -which live only in deep water, and they die when a certain height is -reached. The formation of the new island does not stop with their death, -however. The wall having now reached the proper height to suit branching -corals, which require shallower water, their young polyps will settle -upon it, and finish the structure. We might suppose a reef formed of -branching corals would be open and unsubstantial, but in their growth -the branches are thickly interlaced. The spaces between them become -filled with substances floating in the ocean, and with pieces of coral -which are broken from the reef by the fierce dashing of the waves. The -whole forms a solid mass, stronger, perhaps, than any stone masonry. The -fragments of coral suffer no serious injury by breaking, but if lodged -in some favorable spot they continue to grow.</p> - -<p>The outer edge of the wall is steep and abrupt. Soundings taken just -outside show very deep water. In this portion of the wall the corals -live and thrive, always supplied with clear water. The breakers dash -against it with such fury that apparently the hardest rock must in time -yield to the tremendous force of the waves. But, strange as it may -appear, the soft jelly-like bodies of the polyps give to the reef the -power of resisting the billows.</p> - -<p>The inner surface of the wall slopes gently to the land, and being -washed by quiet waters often containing sand and mud, it is not -favorable to the growth of polyps. Still, there are certain kinds of -coral which thrive within the lagoons; some of them are exceedingly -brilliant and beautiful.</p> - -<p>The coral polyps die before they reach the surface of the ocean, as no -corals can live out of water. The remainder of the island is built up by -shells, pieces of broken coral, sea-weed, and other floating materials -which are washed upon it, raising the wall higher and higher. The -never-ceasing action of the waves grinds up these shells and broken -coral, until at last they form a soil of sand and mud which is now ready -to receive any seeds that may float on the water or be brought by the -winds and the birds. The seeds take root in the new soil, and young -plants begin to appear on the glistening white surface. Floating -cocoa-nuts often lodge on the shores, and cocoa-nut-trees are among the -first to grow upon them. As the plants drop their leaves and decay, the -soil is enriched little by little, and fitted for the home of various -animals and birds, which in some mysterious manner find their way to -these lonely spots far out at sea. In time our coral reef may become a -beautiful tropical island fringed with waving trees and plants, and -inhabited by man.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_004.jpg" width="400" height="156" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">Fig. 2.—<span class="smcap">An Atoll</span>.</span> -</div> - -<p>Circular islands seldom form complete rings. There is generally an -opening into the lake on the side most sheltered from the wind. A safe -harbor in mid-ocean is thus made, in which vessels may take shelter, but -it requires an expert navigator to pass the perils at its entrance. To -anchor on the outer shore would be impossible. In Fig. 2 is a pretty -little coral island with ships in its lagoon. If a lake is entirely -inclosed by the coral wall, it may in time be changed to fresh water by -the rains that fall into it.</p> - -<p>Coral reefs often extend to a depth of three hundred feet below the -surface of the ocean, and formerly persons were puzzled to know how they -could have grown in such deep water, as no coral polyps can live at a -greater depth than twenty or thirty fathoms. This puzzling question was -settled by the late Charles Darwin, who first showed that coral islands -occur where there has been a gradual sinking of the bottom of the ocean. -As the reef rises in height, the sinking of the foundation partly -counteracts the upward growth of the coral; consequently the proper<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> -depth of water is secured, and the reef appears to be stationary, -whereas it is really growing upward.</p> - -<p>Whenever a coral reef rises above the surface of the ocean, we may know -that the coral, which grew under water, has been lifted above the level -of the sea by a rising of the ocean-bed.</p> - -<p>These circular reefs are called "atolls." They are quite different from -the "fringing reefs," which extend along the shores of continents and -islands. There are usually openings or breaks in fringing reefs directly -opposite the mouths of rivers and fresh-water streams, as the corals can -not endure currents which carry mud or sediment. Perhaps the grandest -reef to be found in any part of the world is the one extending along the -northeast coast of Australia. It is nearly one thousand miles in length, -and proves to us that the helpless coral polyps have played no trifling -part in the formation of our earth. All they have accomplished has been -done merely by their living and growing.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/ill_005.jpg" width="500" height="355" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">WINTER.</span> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="THE_BOYS_STORE-KEEPING" id="THE_BOYS_STORE-KEEPING">THE BOY'S STORE-KEEPING.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY C. M. ST. DENYS.</h3> - -<h3>I.</h3> - -<p>Across the way from the Stanley boys' home a new house was being built. -A pile of lumber lay just outside of the sidewalk in front of the new -building, and it was piled so irregularly that the upper boards extended -out considerably beyond the lower ones, thus forming a sheltered spot -below. The ends of some of the lower boards, too, projected in such a -way as to make little shelves at different heights, and even a rude seat -and table. The boys had often gathered under this shelter for a chat, -and when John and Bob Stanley announced that they saw in it the making -of a fine store, all the other boys groaned inwardly, and said to -themselves, "Why did not I think of that?"</p> - -<p>Of course Bob and John did not plunge into the risks of business without -first counting the cost. The plan was well digested. They had talked it -over fully three days before it was publicly announced.</p> - -<p>The chief difficulty was about the amount of capital to be invested. -John had been saving up his money for a long time toward buying a -bicycle, and Bob—well, Bob was not so thrifty; there was not much -"save" about him, though when it came to needing the money to set him up -in business, he saw clearly that he must mend his ways.</p> - -<p>"I declare, John," he said, gloomily, "I don't believe I can rake up -twenty-five cents toward starting the store. I wish I'd thought of it -before. It was only last week I bought ten cents' worth of marbles."</p> - -<p>"Put them in stock, and sell out at an advance," suggested John.</p> - -<p>Bob shook his head. "The boys aren't going to pay me more for marbles -than they can get them for at Thompson's. Besides, I was dunce enough to -show them off at recess, so the boys would call them second-hand, and -want a reduction."</p> - -<p>"That's true. But you had better lose on them for the sake of getting -some cash in hand that you could lay out in something you could make -money on."</p> - -<p>"But I don't see how we are to make money, anyhow. The other boys can -buy as cheap as we can."</p> - -<p>"No; Thompson would come down in his prices if we told him we were -buying to sell again. Buying at wholesale, you know, they always do."</p> - -<p>"So they do;" and Bob's face brightened. "You have a lot of money to put -into the business," he said, admiringly.</p> - -<p>"I sha'n't put all my money in," said the prudent John. "It's too much -risk. I'd rather begin small; and then I could get my bicycle even if we -failed in business."</p> - -<p>For it must be admitted that, like reasonable beings, they looked -forward to failure as the most probable ending to their enterprise. Nine -men out of every ten who start in business for themselves fail; and why -should not they close in this exciting and approved manner? As far back -as the time of Macbeth such things were not unknown; and the boys said -bravely to themselves, "'If we fail, we fail'; and so much the more -interesting."</p> - -<p>"But how much capital are you going to put in?" persisted Bob.</p> - -<p>"Well, now, really, Bob, if we are to be even partners, I can't put any -more money in than you do. It would make the thing too complicated, and -not be fair to me, you know."</p> - -<p>Bob sighed. "Only half a dollar to start the business! It will look -mean. I wish I had not got so many glasses of soda-water this season. -It's worse than marbles for running away with money."</p> - -<p>"We might take in some more partners," said John, after a thoughtful -pause.</p> - -<p>"But Dick says he don't care about it, and every cent of Sam's money -goes for his bantams and pigeons."</p> - -<p>"What do you say to asking Tom Fleming?"</p> - -<p>"No," said Bob, decisively. "When a gold mine opens before you, keep it -all in the family, I say."</p> - -<p>But the difficulty of the small capital still remained. Their anxiety -lost the boys at least an hour's sleep that night, and when they woke in -the morning, the same burden at once took possession of them.</p> - -<p>"Let's tell Aunt Sue about it," said Bob.</p> - -<p>Aunt Sue was much pleased with the plan. She thought the effort to -conduct the little business would give them business habits and tact. -She made suggestions that helped them greatly.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> - -<p>"You won't need much money to start with," she said. "Look over your -closets and boxes, and see what you have already that you would like to -dispose of. You have a good many toys and other things that you will -never use again, and you might sell them for something. Call your shop a -new and second-hand store, and that will make it all fair. What kind of -a stock were you thinking of keeping?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, almost anything. Like a country store, you know. Marbles, and tops, -and slate-pencils, and—"</p> - -<p>"And chewing-gum," suggested Bob. "The boys and girls buy more of that -than of anything else lately."</p> - -<p>"I wouldn't keep it if I were you," said Aunt Sue. "It's a bad habit to -use it, and you want to establish your business on good principles. I -hope you'll keep bird-seed, though. You could count on me as a -customer."</p> - -<p>"Well, we will, and we'll give up the chewing-gum. But, Aunt Sue," and -Bob assumed his most persuasive tones, "I'll tell you one thing we could -sell like wild-fire, and it would not cost us anything, either."</p> - -<p>"What?" asked Aunt Sue, smiling, but mentally bracing herself for -opposition.</p> - -<p>"Cookies."</p> - -<p>"Not of my baking, Bob. You ought to know too much of the trouble and -expense of cake-making to think of it. I can't undertake to supply the -town with cookies."</p> - -<p>Bob sobered at this reference to his prowess at cake-baking; but Sister -Bess, regardless of his feelings, mischievously suggested,</p> - -<p>"You might make molasses candy for sale."</p> - -<p>"It's out of season," returned Bob, with dignity. "I guess we'll lay in -a stock of sour-balls."</p> - -<p>"I'll tell you what I'll do for you," said Bess, relenting. "I'll make -you some button-hole bouquets."</p> - -<p>"Well, but I don't know who'll buy them."</p> - -<p>"They'll help to fill up the shelves and make the place look pretty, at -any rate."</p> - -<p>Bob and John began to feel that the store was going to be a success, and -proceeded to overhaul the attic for salable articles.</p> - -<p>The sign-board was a very important matter. Dick undertook to paint them -one. But as it would take some days for the paint to dry, it was decided -that they could begin with a sign chalked on an old slate.</p> - -<p>There was not much to be done toward fitting up the store. A piece of -canvas was hung on one side, and a loose board was laid across the -entrance for protection against the rabble, for as the store was only -large enough to hold the proprietors and their goods, the customers were -exacted to make their purchases over the counter from the outside.</p> - -<p>Saturday was to be "Opening Day," and the very earliest people on their -way to market saw the two boys working like beavers to get the place to -rights in good season. By the time the village boys and girls had -breakfasted the new store shone out in all its glory, with the sign -"<span class="smcap">Stanley Brothers</span>" the most conspicuous thing about it.</p> - -<p>The marbles and other small articles were arranged as neatly as possible -in boxes on the irregular little shelves. Some old story-books with the -boys' dictionary were piled modestly in the background, while the jar of -sour-balls and the row of tasty little bouquets were paraded on the -counter.</p> - -<p>This plan, however, did not work well, for the boys found themselves -obliged to keep a sharp eye on these attractive goods to prevent their -being snatched by evil-disposed visitors, and it was very harassing. The -business had been so well advertised beforehand, at recesses and on -other occasions, that the whole juvenile population made a point of -repairing thither in the course of the day. Most of them came only to -look, but that was to be expected on Opening Day.</p> - -<p>The boys had not thought of putting up a notice to the effect that it -was no trouble to show goods; but if they had, that day's experience -would have decided them against it. Some of the boys, and girls too, for -that matter, were very provoking, and insisted on seeing everything that -was in the store, when they had not the least intention of buying -anything.</p> - -<p>Some of them, too, were very frank in expressing their opinion about the -stock. <i>They</i> would not open a store at all if they could do no better -than that.</p> - -<p>But the very worst of it all was that all the boys that did want to buy -always wanted to trade off something else for the goods; and the girls -were more unreasonable still, for they thought that Bob and John ought -to be willing to sell everything for pins.</p> - -<p>By noon the boys were beginning to feel quite dejected. To be sure, they -had taken in a few cents for sour-balls; but then they had reason to -believe that several had been feloniously abstracted while the throng -was greatest—for part of the time the little counter had been lined -three or four deep—so that, on the whole, they would probably lose on -this most popular article. Bob and John each ate a sour-ball to restore -their spirits.</p> - -<p>"They'll melt in this bright sun," said Bob, "and the flowers are -wilting. We had better put them back in the shade. What shall we put -front instead?"</p> - -<p>"Slate-pencils," suggested John.</p> - -<p>"Pooh! Catch a boy buying a slate-pencil on Saturday."</p> - -<p>The question was still unsettled when the welcome sound of the dinner -bell was heard. Obeying the first impulse, both boys started for home. -Then Bob stopped.</p> - -<p>"I don't believe it's safe to leave the store alone," he said.</p> - -<p>"No, of course not. You stay till I come back. I'm awfully hungry."</p> - -<p>"I guess I'm as hungry as you are," returned Bob, but John was half-way -across the street; so Bob, calling to him to hurry back, sat down, -hungrier than ever, to nurse his provocation over that selfish John. -There was no help for it; he must try if another sour-ball would stop -the gnawings of hunger and sweeten his temper for the next customer.</p> - -<p>It seemed as if the whole town must dine at the same hour, for Bob was -left quite lonely for a while.</p> - -<p>Then John came back, devouring a biscuit as he came, and making some -remarks beginning, "Aunt Sue says," which Bob did not stop to hear, for -the boys passed each other in the middle of the street like two -oppositely bound locomotives.</p> - -<h3>II.</h3> - -<p>Bob staid a long time. Neither did he move as swiftly on his return trip -as he had when he started out.</p> - -<p>"I'll tell you what it is, John," he said, at the first opportunity, -"we'll have to take in some outside partners, after all. A couple of the -Flemings could help us first-rate. They always have their meals later -than we do."</p> - -<p>"Well," said John, "I don't know but it would be a good thing to have -somebody to share the responsibility."</p> - -<p>"But I don't see how we can make room for any more boys inside here. -It's crowded enough now."</p> - -<p>"We don't all need to be inside at once. One could be floor-walker, and -one a detective, or something in the crowd. I'd like it. It's tiresome -sitting in this little place all day. I got awfully cramped this -morning."</p> - -<p>So overtures were made to Tom and Fred Fleming, who felt quite -flattered, and accepted the honor at once. After some discussion they -were installed as silent partners, and contributed their quota of -fish-hooks and decalcomanie pictures, etc., to the now flourishing -business.</p> - -<p>The shop being so near, Aunt Sue and Bessie visited it in the afternoon -to see how the boys were getting on.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> They were shocked to see some of -their own possessions airing in the new store. An old set of false curls -hung dangling on a nail, like a scalp adorning an Indian wigwam as an -honorable trophy.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 642px;"> -<img src="images/ill_006.jpg" width="642" height="700" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">"'YOU OUTRAGEOUS BOYS!' EXCLAIMED AUNT SUE."</span> -</div> - -<p>"You outrageous boys!" exclaimed Aunt Sue, as she seized and confiscated -it. "Where did you get this?"</p> - -<p>"Out of the attic," said Bob, meekly. "I thought you were done with it."</p> - -<p>"But it's not for sale if I am done with it. I'm surprised at you."</p> - -<p>Aunt Sue seemed really hurt, and was scarcely mollified by Bob's saying, -coaxingly, "Oh, now, Aunt Sue, don't be vexed. I always liked to see -them hanging down your neck. They looked so pretty, I thought somebody -else might be glad to get them."</p> - -<p>By this time Bessie had discovered a tin-type of herself among a lot of -cheap pictures, and her wrath burst forth on John, who was just -congratulating himself on having escaped his aunt's wrath.</p> - -<p>"I'd like to know what right you have to offer my picture for sale," she -said, indignantly.</p> - -<p>"It's not yours. It's mine. You gave it to me on my birthday."</p> - -<p>"And that's all you care for it! I'll be careful how I ever give my -picture to another boy. Give it to me this minute."</p> - -<p>"Why, no, Bess. It shows how much we admire it. Other folks do too. I -had an offer for it this morning, but I couldn't make the change."</p> - -<p>Bessie's eyes flashed; and Aunt Sue, coming to the rescue, quietly laid -the picture in her bag with the curls.</p> - -<p>"I think you had better show us your whole stock, boys," she said, -calmly. "What are your skates doing here?"</p> - -<p>"I'm going to sell them. I'd rather have a bicycle than skates any day."</p> - -<p>"Very well; only if you part with them don't expect to have a new pair -given to you when winter comes. What books have you? Why, boys, you are -not going to sell your dictionary!"</p> - -<p>"Oh, I'm tired of looking through it. The old bother!"</p> - -<p>"It must be taken home," said Aunt Sue, with decision. "It won't do to -have your father's dictionaries thumbed and dog-eared in this way. You -must keep your own."</p> - -<p>The boys were beginning to think that the custom of their immediate -relatives was not going to be profitable. But the seizures were over -now, and Aunt Sue actually bought in John's old copy of <i>Original -Poems</i>. Bessie, too, concluded to be forgiving, and she and Aunt Sue -made several other purchases, so that they left the boys in good spirits -in spite of the bad beginning.</p> - -<p>In the trying morning hours the boys had decided to close early every -Saturday afternoon "for the sake of their clerks." But they felt better -after the Flemings came to their assistance, and did not close until six -o'clock, when everything had to be packed in boxes and carried home -until Monday. Before doing this, however, they took an account of stock -and balanced their accounts, which was a comparatively simple matter, as -they sold nothing on credit. Aunt Sue had bought half their supply of -bird-seed, and Molly Fleming had taken all the bouquets at half price to -distribute in the infant school the next morning. The boys spent the -evening in talking over the events of the day.</p> - -<p>"If we did so well on the first day, what may we not expect on the -second?" was the feeling with which the young merchants began business -on Monday. But Monday brought new trials. The goods had all to be packed -away, and the store closed by school-time, which seemed rather -humiliating. Of course the boys intended to resume punctually at twelve -o'clock. But how unlucky! They all unaccountably missed their lessons, -and were kept in to correct them, so that they lost the whole of their -noon trade.</p> - -<p>Perhaps this only gave greater zest to the afternoon spell, for they -kept open quite late that evening. Still, with all their devotion, -business flagged. Infant schools could not absorb a stock of bouquets -every day, and Aunt Sue had enough bird-seed to last her a week. The -sour-ball business proved to be quite a losing one, for the luscious -things melted away mysteriously even when kept in the shade, although -each partner kept a strict watch on himself, and seldom, oh, very -seldom, refreshed himself with one.</p> - -<p>Things got so serious that the four partners held a business meeting -that evening after the store closed.</p> - -<p>"We've got to do something, boys, or we'll break before the week's out, -sure as fate," said Fred Fleming.</p> - -<p>By Tuesday the boys had that care-worn look that men acquire when they -can't make both ends meet. The other boys really pitied them, and some -of them actually bought slate-pencils on their way to school in the -afternoon, though they did not need them.</p> - -<p>That very afternoon an occurrence took place which threatened to end the -boys' store-keeping quite tragically.</p> - -<p>An organ grinder, with his red-coated monkey, planted himself just -beside the pile of lumber and began to play. This pleased Tom and Bob, -who happened to be in sole charge at the time. They enjoyed a monkey's -antics as well as any one.</p> - -<p>Perhaps it was the flag waving over the sign of the "Stanley Brothers" -that suggested to the man to play "Rally round the Flag, Boys." He -played it with a will, and the boys, and girls too, rallied with a -vengeance. The young merchants found their store again a grand centre of -attraction.</p> - -<p>The monkey seemed particularly delighted with it, for, after dancing and -bowing on the organ-top a short time, he leaped upon the counter, and -before the proprietors knew what he was about he had thrust his paw into -the box of rubber balls, and was throwing a ball into the crowd.</p> - -<p>A shout of delight greeted this feat. Tom and Bob each made a dive after -the monkey, but he dexterously eluded them, and threw another ball.</p> - -<p>Of course the balls were thrown back at him, and in a moment the air -seemed full of them, flying in every direction. The boys could not turn -their heads but bounce would come a ball into their eyes, and if they -tried to say, "You rascal," the words would be cut short by a ball -flying into their mouths. The uproar was tremendous, and the crowd grew -larger every minute. The monkey seemed to be in his element, dancing and -jumping from shelf to shelf, grinning and chattering with all his might, -and when there was no ball convenient he did not hesitate to throw -something else.</p> - -<p>The boys grew desperate when they saw their slate-pencils and -Jew's-harps flying through the air.</p> - -<p>"See here!" they shouted to the organ-grinder, who was now peacefully -playing the "Marseillaise Hymn," "this thing is getting dangerous. Take -your old monkey away, will you? You'll have to pay for all the damage. -Do you hear?"</p> - -<p>It would have been surprising if he had heard in all that uproar, but he -gave no sign.</p> - -<p>Tom made another lunge at the monkey, and fell sprawling over the -counter. Then Bob dived at him, but the monkey, reaching down from a -high perch, deftly lifted Bob's hat, and threw it into the crowd.</p> - -<p>"You rascal. I'll pay you for this," screamed Bob.</p> - -<p>But the next thing the monkey did was to plant himself on Bob's head. -Bob, with his face as red as the monkey's coat, clutched wildly at him, -but the monkey clutched the tighter.</p> - -<p>Bob could do nothing but scream and beat at the mischievous<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span> animal, -first with one hand, then with the other, then with both at once, while -the crowd shouted with laughter, until the organ-grinder, seeing that -his monkey was really in danger, stopped his music, called off his pet, -and began to move away. Then the crowd of children dispersed.</p> - -<p>John and Fred, who had been taking their turn "off" when these -proceedings began, now made their way to their crest-fallen comrades. -Bob was too angry to make any attempt to collect his property. He picked -up his battered hat and walked home, saying, "I don't care what becomes -of the old things. I've done with them."</p> - -<p>A few of their friends were kind enough to assist them in the search, -but it was a sorry-looking set of goods that were collected.</p> - -<p>"They're half of them gone," said Tom. "I do believe that monkey went -off with his cheeks and pockets full of our things."</p> - -<p>"I'll have that man prosecuted," said John, fiercely. "Which way did he -go?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, he's more likely to prosecute us. He says Bob half killed his -monkey."</p> - -<p>Sadly the boys packed up their damaged goods and carried them home, -protesting that they had had enough of store-keeping. The monkey had -scratched Bob's head so hard that he was really suffering, and Bess had -to run for the arnica bottle, and bandage his head.</p> - -<p>Aunt Sue was particularly liberal with the cake and preserves that -evening at tea, and if anything could have comforted the boys, it was -such thoughtfulness.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 510px;"> -<img src="images/ill_007.jpg" width="510" height="700" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">A FLIRTATION.</span> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="SQUIRRELS_AND_HOW_TO_KEEP_THEM" id="SQUIRRELS_AND_HOW_TO_KEEP_THEM">SQUIRRELS, AND HOW TO KEEP THEM.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY JAMES OTIS.</h3> - -<p>It seems almost cruel to catch and cage such a bright, winsome little -fellow as a squirrel. In his natural state he seems to be thoroughly -happy. His home is a snug little hole in the fork of a tree, and all the -nut-bearing giants of the forest pay tribute to him. Bright, happy, -"cunning" little fellow, if you must keep him as a pet, lavish upon him -such kindness and attention as shall reconcile him to the prison bars, -and make him forget his forest home.</p> - -<p>The name squirrel comes from the Greek word <i>sciurus</i>, which is made up -of two words, signifying shade and tail, indicative of the little -creature's habit of shading its entire body when at rest with its tail.</p> - -<p>Of the species known to our woods, the most common is the striped -squirrel, an industrious little body, fond of his home and family, and -seldom given to roving, but one which the confinement of a cage kills in -a very short time.</p> - -<p>Then there is a little animal known by the boys as a chipmunk, which -some naturalists declare is a member of the squirrel family, while -others give it the name of dormouse. It makes a good pet, but must be -kept in a warm place, and besides the usual food for squirrels it -requires milk.</p> - -<p>The black squirrel is the largest of its species, and while it will live -in a cage, is rarely a tractable animal, requiring a vast amount of -patience to induce it even to take its food when any one is looking at -it.</p> - -<p>Then there is the flying-squirrel, which resembles the striped species. -It does not really fly, but has the power of flattening its legs and -feet in such a way that they do not look unlike wings. In leaping, the -legs and feet sustain it in the air until it almost seems as if it was -flying.</p> - -<p>It is the gray squirrel that is the most contented in captivity, and the -most easily tamed; therefore, if one really thinks it necessary to his -happiness to make a prisoner of such a liberty-loving little creature, -he should procure one of the gray species.</p> - -<p>If the reader is a would-be squirrel owner, and proposes to catch one in -the woods, he will be obliged to take just the kind of one that is -foolish enough to enter his trap; but if he proposes to buy one, he -should select it carefully, for much depends upon the condition of the -prisoner in taming or keeping him.</p> - -<p>See that the fur is sleek and glossy, for dry, ruffled-looking fur is a -sure sign the animal is sick, or pining so for the woods that he will -not live very long in a cage. Observe well if the feet are clean, for if -they are dirty, he has lost all pride in his appearance, which is -another sign of homesickness or some equally serious ailment. The eyes -should be bright, and the teeth perfectly white. Yellow teeth are a -sign of age, and it is as difficult to tame a very old squirrel as it is -to keep him alive in captivity.</p> - -<p>Beware of squirrels brought around by men who say they have caught and -tamed them. If they look stupid and inactive, the chances are that they -have been drugged to make them seem tame, and if they live, they will -surely be wild and intractable.</p> - -<p>Having made the selection of just such a one as you want for a pet, give -him all the comfort possible in the way of a cage. It is better to have -a large rough one than a small neat looking one; and if it is not -possible to buy a large cage, make one yourself, and the squirrel will -be pleased at the absence of style because of the increased facilities -for moving about.</p> - -<p>A board thirty-six inches long and sixteen wide is quite as small a base -for the house and run-around as should be given. Twenty-two inches of -this length should be devoted to the dwelling portion, which should be -built something after the style of a one-story cottage, with a second -floor just at the slope of the roof, so that the attic may serve as -sleeping-room and a place to which the squirrel can retire when he is -anxious to be hidden from view.</p> - -<p>The lower front of the house may be of wire, so that a portion of his -domestic life may be seen. The second floor should have in it an opening -about three inches square, which is connected with the first floor by a -small strip of board or thin stuff of any kind, placed at an angle, so -that he can get "upstairs" without difficulty.</p> - -<p>The floors should be of some hard wood, so that they may not absorb -water, and the whole place should be cleaned thoroughly once in every -three or four weeks. In order to do this readily, it is well to have one -side of the house fastened with hinges, so it may be swung open, and -then the little fellow can be shut into the wheel during house-cleaning. -The lower compartment should have a wire door, through which food can be -given.</p> - -<p>The wheel in which he takes his treadmill exercise any tin or wire -worker can make, and the hole which connects it with the house should be -large enough to prevent any possibility of his getting squeezed if he -attempts to go into his house while the wheel is turning rapidly.</p> - -<p>Give the little prisoner plenty of nuts of any kind, although those -containing the least oil are the best—acorns, wheat, stale bread, a -little boiled potato, and once in a very great while a bit of cooked -meat. Keep a small dish of water in the cage, and see to it carefully -that it is changed each day.</p> - -<p>In all dealings with the squirrel it is necessary to be gentle and -patient with him, if it is desired to make of him a real pet. Do not -force him out of his nest when he goes into it, nor keep him in the -wheel when he desires to go into his house.</p> - -<p>Each time that he is fed, whistle or make some peculiar sound, and he -will soon learn to come when he is called. This is the first step toward -teaching him to come into his owner's hands. After he has learned to -come at call, hold some particular dainty in the fingers, and do not let -him have it until he takes it himself.</p> - -<p>When once he has learned to have perfect confidence in his master, he -will not scruple to take food from his hands, and in a very short time -will be bold enough to explore his pockets, going into them bodily, for -something to eat that is a trifle better than his regular fare.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<h2><a name="NAN" id="NAN"></a>NAN.<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></h2> - -<h3>BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE,</h3> - -<h4><span class="smcap">Author of "Mildred's Bargain," "Aunt Ruth's Temptation," etc</span>.</h4> - -<h3><span class="smcap">Chapter V</span>.</h3> - -<p>Nan thought that the delight of this day never could be equalled by -anything life would bring, even at Beverley. To begin with, she and Miss -Phyllis started out in a luxurious carriage, which rolled them through -the town, past the butter shop, where Mrs. Rupert was standing in the -doorway, and deposited them at Mr. Lennon's large store, into which Nan -had never gone half so proudly before.</p> - -<p>"You needn't appear to recognize any one, Nan," Miss Phyllis said, just -as they went in; and this dashed Nan's spirits just a little, for Mary -Seymour, one of the girls in the millinery-room, was a particular friend -of her aunt's; but then Miss Phyllis must know best, thought Nan, and -she would trust to luck's keeping Mary out of their way.</p> - -<div class="figright" style="width: 405px;"> -<img src="images/ill_008.jpg" width="405" height="500" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">NAN PRESENTED TO MISS PHYLLIS FOR APPROVAL.</span> -</div> - -<p>Everybody was most polite to Miss Rolf; and when she said quietly, "I -want to see your handsomest dresses, ready made, for this little girl," -Nan could hardly move to follow them upstairs. Out of a long case, dress -after dress was taken, held up, tried on, examined, and criticised by -Miss Phyllis, who sat languidly with her purse and her<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span> note-book, -evidently quite regardless of prices. It was well Nan's opinion was not -asked, for she would never have dared to choose what Miss Phyllis did -for her, a soft, seal brown wool costume, handsomely trimmed with silk, -and with a jacket to match. Miss Phyllis quietly desired Nan to put -these garments on; and when the saleswoman brought her back from the -dressing-room, her cousin could not repress a smile of satisfaction; and -really little Nan did credit to the quiet, lady-like costume. Miss -Phyllis saw a great many possibilities in the child's bright face and -pretty, slender figure.</p> - -<p>The hat question came next, and here Nan's joy was somewhat dampened by -her fear that Mary Seymour would appear and claim acquaintance, and -thereby annoy Miss Phyllis; and sure enough, while she was trying on a -beautiful brown felt hat with a scarlet wing in it, Mary Seymour's voice -was heard cheerily from across the room.</p> - -<p>"Why, Nan Rolf," she was saying, "is that you?"</p> - -<p>And then Nan saw that her princess could look very different on -different occasions. She turned a cold little stare upon poor Mary, and -then said, in a tone that the shop-girl could hear perfectly, "Who is -that, Annice?"</p> - -<p>Now it was the first time Nan had been called by her full name since her -father died, and between the start it gave her, and her little worry -about Mary Seymour, she hardly knew what to say, and stood looking -guiltily at her aunt's friend, with a rush of color in her face.</p> - -<p>"It is Mary Seymour," she said, in a low voice.</p> - -<p>Miss Phyllis waited a moment, the cold look still on her face; then she -took Nan by the hand, and went across the room to where Mary was busy -putting bonnet frames into a drawer.</p> - -<p>"My little cousin is going away from Bromfield," she said, smiling, but -speaking in the very chilliest tone. "Perhaps you had better say -'good-by' to her now. She is going to live with her aunt at Beverley."</p> - -<p>Poor Mary stared at the beautiful young lady, and said nothing for a -moment; then she stooped down and kissed Nan's little red check -heartily.</p> - -<p>"Well, good-luck go with you, Nannie dear," she said; and half -understanding the impression Miss Rolf wished to make, she added, -looking up with a sad smile, "I suppose it won't do to expect you to -remember us any more, but Tommy'll miss you dreadfully."</p> - -<p>"I'll write him a letter, Mary," Nan exclaimed, and seeing Miss Rolf's -look of surprise turn to something like disgust, she added, "Tommy is -Mary's lame little brother."</p> - -<p>Miss Phyllis said nothing, but led the way back to the hats, and Nan, -unable to restrain herself further, whispered, "Miss Rolf, Cousin -Phyllis, why did you say I was going to <i>live</i> at Beverley, when it is -only a visit?"</p> - -<p>Miss Phyllis bit her lip angrily. "Never mind," was all she answered; -and then the brown felt hat was chosen, and the purchases went -on—gloves, and boots, and some dainty under-linen, and various small -belongings, until finally all that remained on Miss Phyllis's list was a -dressing-case and a trunk. Nan hardly knew which of the beautiful cases -to choose when her cousin left it to her; but finally a black leather -one with silver fastenings was selected, and Miss Phyllis directed the -shopman to have Nan's initials, A. B. R., put on it in little silver -letters.</p> - -<p>By this time Nan, in her new brown suit, with her hands in three-button -kid gloves, had begun to think she never, never could do justice to the -day, to Philip and Marian, and yet a something had stolen over her of -half dread to going back to the shop. Already she dreaded her aunt's -voice; the noisy, greasy tea table, where only Philip made things -endurable for her; so that when, as they left the last store, loading -the carriage with parcels, and Miss Phyllis said, "I'm going to keep you -for the night, Nan," my little heroine felt more than ever grateful and -happy.</p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">Chapter VI</span>.</h3> - -<p>Mrs. Grange received Nan very cordially when she made her appearance -with Miss Rolf. The gentle little lady was quite a revelation to Nan, -whose ideas of elderly people were formed entirely on the noisy, -overworked matrons she had seen at Mrs. Rupert's. Nan was only allowed a -few words with her hostess, and then Miss Rolf carried her off to the -little sitting-room upstairs, where, when she had laid aside her hat and -jacket, Miss Rolf told her she had better write Mrs. Rupert a note to -explain her absence.</p> - -<p>"And I want you to word it very carefully, Nan," said Phyllis, coming up -to the little girl with a very serious expression. "You know things are -changed with you now, and you must begin at once to let your aunt and -her family understand that you are not—they can not expect you—to -treat them quite as equals."</p> - -<p>Nan was still full of the excitement and delight of her good fortune; -yet as Phyllis spoke, looking down gravely upon her, there came a blush -of mortification into the child's honest face. A tinge of the same color -deepened in Phyllis's soft cheeks for just half a moment, but she said, -very decidedly:</p> - -<p>"Now, Nan, you are not going to be a foolish, obstinate child, I hope? -Surely you must know that I and your aunt Letitia understand these -things better than a little girl brought up among vulgar people could. -Now there must be no nonsense, my dear."</p> - -<p>Phyllis's tone was kind, but something in it made Nan see that she -expected obedience; and was she not in every way the most wonderful and -beautiful creature Nan had ever seen? Nan's doubts vanished while -Phyllis laid out note-paper and pen and ink on a dainty little table -drawn up to one of the windows; and when Nan placed herself there to -write, her cousin sat down by the fire, with her slippered toes on the -fender, and her pretty hands, sparkling with rings, folded gracefully in -her lap.</p> - -<p>"Now, Nan," she said, "begin your letter. Date it 'The Willows'—that is -the name of this place. 'March 8. Dear Mrs. Rupert.'"</p> - -<p>Nan smiled quickly.</p> - -<p>"Why, Miss—Cousin Phyllis," she said, looking up from the paper, "she -would think me crazy; she is Aunt Rebecca, you know."</p> - -<p>Miss Rolf's delicate eyebrows drew together in a little frown. She -waited a moment, and then, with an impatient sigh, said,</p> - -<p>"Very well, let it go—'Dear Aunt Rebecca.'"</p> - -<p>Nan's pen scratched on, with many splutterings, for penmanship was her -weak point, and had not been considered a very necessary accomplishment -in the Rupert household. She looked up presently for further -instructions.</p> - -<p>"My cousin, Miss Rolf," dictated that young lady, "has decided that I -had better remain with her until I go to Beverley." ("Oh!" ejaculated -Nan.) "My aunt, Miss Rolf, has invited me to make her a long visit, and -as previous to my going, there are many things to be attended to in my -wardrobe, etc., my cousin Phyllis thinks it best to keep me with her. I -shall, of course, see you all before I leave."</p> - -<p>Nan's pen finally came to a stop.</p> - -<p>"That is all," said Phyllis, placidly.</p> - -<p>"Then I'll just send my love, I suppose," said Nan.</p> - -<p>After a little pause Phyllis said, "Yes," and Nan went to work again. -When she brought the letter to her cousin for inspection, this is how it -was concluded:</p> - -<p>"I hope you are all well, and that you'll tell Mary Seymour, when you -see her, that I'll go there before I leave, and I'll write to Tommy; and -tell Marian, please, I'll give her and Philip all the pea-nuts that are -in my drawer, and I'll write them everything that happens at Beverley. I -hope uncle's jaw is better. Your loving niece, Nan."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p> - -<p>Phyllis Rolf read the letter with so quiet an air that for a moment Nan -felt much relieved, feeling sure it was all right; but the first words -startled her.</p> - -<p>"That would not do, my dear, at all," Phyllis said, coldly. "You can -<i>not</i> go to see this Tommy Seymour, and you had better understand at -once that your aunt will not like you to write everything to your -cousins here. Now, Nan, do you see what I mean?"</p> - -<p>Nan began to see a little more clearly, yet her mind was not yet made -up; still, enough of Phyllis's meaning reached her to bring two large -tears to her eyes. They rolled down her cheeks, while she looked -silently at Phyllis and her letter.</p> - -<p>"Don't be silly, my dear," said the young lady, standing up and smiling -good-naturedly. "There, finish your letter with just your love; that -will be the best way."</p> - -<p>And so Nan went back to the little table, brushing away those first -tears, and quietly obeyed her cousin. Miss Rolf took the letter from her -as soon as it was finished, and went out of the room, while Nan sat -still, wondering if Beverley would be quite <i>all</i> she hoped for.</p> - -<p>Enough excitement remained to make it easy for Phyllis to control her as -she wished, and that young lady trusted to time and absence working -wonders. While Nan was sitting absorbed in her thoughts, the door -opened, and Lance Rolf came suddenly into the room. He was a tall boy, -with a spare, handsome face, delicate as Phyllis's in feature, but -olive-tinted, and with more sweetness in the brown eyes and the hues of -the mouth. He came up to Nan, holding out his hand with a pleasant -smile.</p> - -<p>"And are you Nan?" he said, looking at her earnestly.</p> - -<p>"Yes," was Nan's timid answer.</p> - -<p>"Well," said the boy, cheerfully, "we are cousins. My name is Lancelot -Rolf. I hope we'll be very well acquainted. So you are going to -Beverley."</p> - -<p>"Yes," was all Nan could contrive to say again. She longed to ask a -dozen questions of the bright, cheerful-looking boy, who, although no -older than Philip, looked so <i>very</i> much like a little gentleman.</p> - -<p>"Shall you like to go?" Lance said, presently.</p> - -<p>Nan really felt she couldn't go on saying "yes" to everything, and so -with a great effort she said:</p> - -<p>"I want to go very much. Is it—is it nice there?"</p> - -<p>"It's a jolly old house where you are going," said Lance, "but I don't -know whether you'll enjoy it much, it's so slow, so stupid. Still, -perhaps you're not accustomed to much fun." Lance could hardly imagine -the cheese-monger's family as very entertaining.</p> - -<p>"Oh yes, we have a great deal of fun sometimes," said Nan, gaining -confidence. "In winter we coast and skate, and in summer there are -always picnics, and sometimes a circus."</p> - -<p>"But at home—wasn't there ever any fun at home?"</p> - -<p>Nan could not remember anything which impressed her as particularly -enjoyable in-doors.</p> - -<p>"No," she said, slowly, "I don't think there was. Marian always liked to -tend the shop, but I never cared so much for that. I didn't like the -smell of the cheeses, don't you know."</p> - -<p>"It was a cheese shop?" Lance looked very much interested.</p> - -<p>"Cheese and butter, and eggs and hams," Nan recited the list glibly.</p> - -<p>"Well," said Lancelot, very gravely, "there won't be anything like that -at Beverley; and see here, Nan, I'll just give you a friendly hint. I -don't think I'd talk much about the shop before Cousin Letitia. You see, -she might not like it—don't be <i>ashamed</i> of it," added the boy, -flushing a little; "I don't mean you to be <i>mean</i> about it, only you -won't need to <i>talk of it</i>."</p> - -<p>Nan felt that she had begun to put her old life behind her when she was -arrayed in the brown cashmere, and now little by little she was learning -to feel as the people around her felt; that, after all, she would be -expected to act and appear and think very differently about everything -as soon as she was in Beverley.</p> - -<p>"What do <i>you</i> do?" said Nan, looking brightly at her new acquaintance. -"Do you live at Beverley?"</p> - -<p>Lance nodded.</p> - -<p>"When I'm home," he said. "I come to school near here, at Barnabas -Academy. When I'm home I live quite near to where you're going to be. -Oh, I do lots of things! Boys are so different from girls. I'm captain -of our baseball club, for one thing, and we are jolly good cricketers -too, I tell you. At home I do all sorts of things. Phyllis and I are -great chums; Phyllis is a regular brick." He might have said more, but -at this moment Phyllis reappeared. Nan looked at her a little anxiously. -She wondered if she was going to feel offended with her about the note; -but the young lady was perfectly cheerful, and even kissed Nan when she -said, "Now, dear, we will go down to supper. Mrs. Grange is waiting."</p> - -<h4>[<span class="smcap">to be continued</span>.]</h4> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> - -<h2><a name="LITTLE_MASTER_QUIG" id="LITTLE_MASTER_QUIG">LITTLE MASTER QUIG.</a></h2> - -<h3>BY MARY A BARR.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">This tale's of little Master Quig,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Who, being little, wasn't big,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And many said, who understood,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">That, being bad, he wasn't good.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">When from his school he ran away,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Most people thought he didn't stay;</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And I have heard, from those who know,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">When he ran fast, it wasn't slow.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">He always studied when compelled,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And always staid when he was held,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And always slept when not awake,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And left the thing he could not take.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">To go to sea one day he planned,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And being there, was not on land,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And so stuck on a bar—alas!</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">For, being stuck, he could not pass.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">The dark night found him in a fright,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">For, being dark, it was not light.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">The big waves rose and filled the boat,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And being full, it could not float.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And so, as I have heard it said,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">They found him in the morning dead,</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">And men of sense do still maintain</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">He never more was seen again.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_009.jpg" width="400" height="163" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">Hey, diddle, diddle,</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_010.jpg" width="400" height="340" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">The cat and the fiddle;</p> - -<p class="center">The cow jumped over the moon;</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_011.jpg" width="400" height="342" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">The little dog laughed to see such sport;</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_012.jpg" width="400" height="354" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="center">And the dish ran away with the spoon.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> -<img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="400" height="327" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 310px;"><a name="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX" id="OUR_POST_OFFICE_BOX"></a> -<img src="images/ill_014.jpg" width="310" height="400" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2>OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.</h2> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Wytheville, Virginia</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>We are three little girls who have often read and enjoyed <span class="smcap">Harper's -Young People</span> very much. We meet successively at each other's home -every Friday evening, and read the stories in it. We live in a -beautiful town in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. We three go -to the same school, and like our teachers very much. Our parents -take all your papers—the <span class="smcap">Monthly</span>, <span class="smcap">Bazar</span>, and <span class="smcap">Weekly</span>—and we take -<span class="smcap">Young People</span>. We look forward to Wednesday with a great deal of -pleasure, for we know it is the day our paper comes. We are so glad -to see Mrs. John Lillie is going to write a new story, and we are -sure it will be very interesting, as all her others are. Please -print this, as we would like to surprise our mammas.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Ellie C</span>., <span class="smcap">Helen S. S</span>., and <span class="smcap">Susie W</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>Well, Ellie, Susie, and Helen, though I do not know which of you has -brown eyes and which blue, which is the tall slender girl, which the -merry-faced one with the dancing dimples, and which the plump little -maiden who always thinks before she speaks, I send my love to each of -you, and am glad to hear of your pleasant Friday evenings. You and the -thousands of other girls for whom Mrs. Lillie has written her charming -story have a real treat before you in reading it. I sometimes wish -myself a girl again just to feel for an hour the delight I used to when -beginning a beautiful new story. The girls who form Mrs. Lillie's -audience have better times in the story way than girls did when your -mammas and myself were at your age. But I, for one, still dearly love a -bright sketch or a beautiful serial; and if I were near you, I might -sometimes glide in and take an easy-chair in the corner on your reading -evenings—that is, if you would let me in on my promising to be very -good indeed.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Some of you who have empty cologne or scent bottles may make very pretty -presents for your friends by covering them with silk or plush, and -finishing off with a dainty lace ruffle and a narrow ribbon around the -neck. A beautiful tidy which I saw the other day was crocheted in heavy -cord, and looped over crimson silk. Very lovely plaques are made of the -birch-bark plates on which butter is sent home by the grocer. They must -be covered very neatly with silk or satin, on which a design is worked -or painted. The pretty little Japanese umbrellas, which cost but a few -cents, may be inverted, opened, and caught at each point with a ribbon. -Suspended from a nail, they make dainty little scrap-bags.</p> - -<p>The letter which follows contains a suggestion which the Postmistress -thinks excellent. She will keep a corner in the Post-office Box for all -such letters as our correspondent invites:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Boston, Massachusetts</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dear Postmistress</span>,—I remember when I was eight or ten years -younger than I am now, how hard it used to be for me to find -anything new to make for Christmas for all the aunts and cousins, -and now, as Christmas is drawing near, my younger sister comes to -me and says: "Can not you think of something for Christmas? I want -something for Aunt Mary and Aunt Lizzie, something I have not made -for them before." I have no doubt that many other little people say -the same thing. Now, I have a plan to propose to you, and if you -think it a good one, will you mention it in the Post-office Box? -Let each little girl—and boy too, if he wishes—write and describe -something that he or she makes for Christmas, and then if you will -be so good as to publish the letters I think before Christmas we -may have quite a variety of ideas. Of course each article mentioned -would not be new to all, but it would be new to some, and I think -many little girls would be greatly aided. Now what do you think?</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">One of your Older Readers</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>BABY'S DAY.</h3> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Awake at five in the morning,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Bright as a little bird,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Cooing and laughing and crowing</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Before a person has stirred.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Carried on papa's shoulder,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Lying on mamma's arm,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Never a king was bolder</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Or safer from slightest harm.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Going to ride with sister,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Taking a cozy nap,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Resting before his dinner</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">On grandmamma's silken lap.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Creeping over the carpet,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">Playing with pretty toys;</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">Baby's the dearest darling,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 22em;">The prettiest, best of boys.</span><br /> -<br /> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Susie Patton</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Olean, New York</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I think that Frankie would be a pretty name for Marion W.'s baby -brother. I have nine dolls. Their names are Mollie, Lottie, Edith, -Eva, Lena, Christina, Carrie, Johnnie, and Bertie. I like your -stories all very much, especially "Toby Tyler," "Mr. Stubbs's -Brother," and "Their Girl." I send my love to the Postmistress.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lena Matthews</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Madison, New Jersey</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am a little boy six years old. My brother Louie takes <span class="smcap">Young -People</span>, and has every number. Baby Roe and I love to have mamma -read it to us. Roe and I have bad colds, so I could not go to -school, but Louie could. I learned to print in school. This is my -first letter. I hope you will print it.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Howard B. G</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>Your little note was printed so nicely that it was as plain as though -the letters had been formed by the type-writing machine. After all, -there is no machine of which I ever heard so wonderful as the four -little fingers and thumb of a boy's hand. Ask papa and mamma if they -don't agree with me.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Salem, North Carolina</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I have taken <span class="smcap">Young People</span> from the first number, and I like it very -much. I have written one letter to the Post-office Box, but I -thought I would write again. My friend Howard R. has written too. -We two have formed a printing firm under the name of P. & R. We -made four dollars clear profit, with which we bought each a pair of -roller skates. We have over three dollars in our bank now. Some of -my playmates and I have formed a club under the name of Holiday -Club, and some of my boy friends and I have formed a military -company by the name of Home Guards. We parade in the academy -play-grounds. The other day we fought almost all the battles of the -Revolution.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;">A. H. P.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>All the battles of the Revolution in one day! I wonder you slept a wink -the night after such tremendous exertion. But boys are made of steel -springs and India rubber, and can stand a good deal of pounding. Please -send me word about the various doings of your holiday club, and don't -let the fun interfere with your studies, or else the preceptors and -professors may veto your good times. I am glad you are so successful as -amateur printers.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">New York City</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am a little boy nine years old. I have a cat and a kitten. The -cat's name is Gypsy, but I have not named the kitten yet. I take -<span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>, and I like it very much. The other day the -kitten fell from a chair and hurt its leg, but it is well now.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Cito S</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Dear little Robin D., who often sends answers to puzzles, was not well, -and so mamma became her amanuensis, sent her answers and her new -puzzles, which will see the light before long, and this pleasant little -message to the Postmistress and to Marion W.</p> - -<p>I hope Robin is quite well by this time.</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Robin says: "Mamma, tell the Postmistress that my little pet bird -Jimmie died, and wasn't it too bad, but that now I have a beautiful -white dove and a dear little bird whose name is Montie, but I still -mourn for Jimmie, whose cage was draped in mourning for a whole -week. We buried him in our yard."</p> - -<p>Robin thinks that Edgar is a very pretty name for a boy, or Irving. -She does not really know which to choose for little Marion W.'s -dear baby brother. She says, "If one little girl may put in more -than one name for Marion to choose from, put both Irving and Edgar -in from Robin D."</p></blockquote> - -<p>I am very sorry little Jimmie died. When Marion chooses a name, she must -not forget to send us all word what it is, as we feel quite an interest, -don't we, children?</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Boston, Massachusetts</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I want to ask you to tell me a pretty name for a little kitty, -because I don't know any nice ones. Now I want to tell you about -where I went last summer. I went to Falmouth, which is very near -the sea-side, and is a very pleasant place. I went in bathing only -twice while I was there, but went in wading nearly every day. I -went in a sail-boat once, and had a very nice sail, and then I went -down the beach a little way to catch minnows, but couldn't. -Good-by.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Alice S</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>Muff is a nice name for a kitty.</p> - -<p>Let me tell you about a kitty which a little boy friend of mine had for -his pet. It was a black kitty, I believe, though I am not sure. He -carried it everywhere with him, and when he was practicing one -afternoon, he set it on the piano that it might hear him play. It -nestled its head cunningly on its tiny paws, and listened with all its -might.</p> - -<p>Somebody called the little boy away for a moment. When he came back the -kitty was gone.</p> - -<p>High and low they hunted for it. Mamma, nurse, two little sisters, and -even the baby, called Kitty! Kitty! but no kitty answered. After a long -time there came a faint little mieuw on the air; and where do you -suppose they found that small cat? Why, in the piano, where she had -taken a cozy nap.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Nashville, Tennessee</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Most boys and girls tell about their pets. I have none, except my -little brother, two years and a half old. I have two sisters and -this sweet little brother. We moved from Louisville, Kentucky, to -Nashville about a month ago, and I am very homesick to go back -again. We spent the summer at Bon Aqua Springs, not far from here, -and had a nice time. I have a doll, and her name is Eva Wallace; -she will be four years old on Christmas. My little brother tries to -call us girls "girlie," and he says "dirlie." He calls me -"Black-eye dirlie," my sister Grace "Blue-eye dirlie," and sister -Florence "Brown-eye dirlie." His name is Theodore. We have taken -<span class="smcap">Young People</span> from the beginning, and think it is the best of -papers. Mamma takes the <span class="smcap">Bazar</span> and <span class="smcap">Magazine</span>. My papa is away most of -the time, and we are always glad when he comes home. I go to -school, and am in the Fifth Grade. I study reading, spelling, -arithmetic, geography, writing, and drawing. I am eleven years old.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bessie W</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">South Bend, Indiana</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I like <span class="smcap">Young People</span> very much. I am a little girl eight years old, -and live on a farm five miles from the city. I go to school now, -but mamma will teach me at home this winter. I have two pets, a -white bantam chicken named Polly and a white kitty named Snow. I -had a canary-bird, but he was sick and died; his name was Billy. I -have three dollies; I do not play with them very much, because I -have no one to play with me. Papa has a nice Irish setter dog to -hunt with; his name is Paul. I will write again as soon as I can -write better.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Georgiana D</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Drifton, Pennsylvania</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I have lately returned from Europe, and I enjoyed the pile of -Magazines I found here. I brought home a gondola from Venice, and I -also brought a curious swan which I saw them make at the -glass-works. I had a splendid time in dear old London. We saw the -Queen and the Princess of Wales. We saw the wine-vaults. We crossed -the Alps in four-horse carriages, and I made snow-balls in June. -<span class="smcap">Young People</span> is the best paper out.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Ockley B. C</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>You have many delightful things to remember about your trip abroad. I -hope you kept a journal.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Norwalk, Connecticut</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am eleven years old, and live in Norwalk in the summer, and in -New York city in the winter. I have no brothers nor sisters, except -two who are grown up, and I have a brother at college. We are going -to New York on the first of next month. I enjoy <span class="smcap">Harper's Young -People</span> very much, and look forward to its coming with great -pleasure. As you wanted to hear from any girl or boy who had a -garden, I thought I would tell you about mine. I planted in my -garden this summer potatoes, onions, tomatoes, strawberries, and -celery, besides flowers. I had enough potatoes for the whole family -for dinner, so I had them on the table that day, and I hope to -have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span> my celery to-morrow. The cook made me some caramels from the -receipt you put in <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>, but it wouldn't harden, -so she made a chocolate cake, and I had it on the table one -evening. As I have no more to tell about I think I will close.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Harry C. M</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>You were a famous little gardener, and deserve great praise.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Alleghany, Pennsylvania</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am a little girl nearly eleven years old. I will tell you about -my summer trip. I can not tell all the places we went to, but one -place was the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There are very fine -views, especially from the top of Mount Washington. You would laugh -to see the funny little cars that go up and down. It is very steep, -and as you go up you see nothing but rocks. Mamma thought it was -frightful, but I did not. Well, good-by.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Annie H. S</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>I might have laughed when I was eleven years old, dear, but I never go -up a steep mountain nowadays without feeling, like your mamma, that -there is danger as well as pleasure about the ascent. I am glad you have -been to the top of Mount Washington, and have looked from there over the -great mountains and deep valleys of New England.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Milton, Ontario, Canada</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am a little girl twelve years old, and live in a small town -thirty miles from Toronto. We are always very glad when your paper -comes. I love to read the letters in the Post-office Box. I like -"The Cruise of the Canoe Club." My father and four of my uncles are -in Montana, and my aunt and her children are going out there next -week. My uncle and his youngest brother belong to a surveying -party, and have been surveying in the Rocky Mountains and -Yellowstone Park all summer, and write home delightfully -interesting descriptions of the wonders to be seen there—about the -geysers and glass mountains, also soda mountains, and caņons. The -Grand Caņon is the deepest of all; it is several thousand feet -deep, and at the bottom is a rushing, roaring river. One of my -uncles descended into it. It is so deep that if you go down into it -and look upward, you can see the stars at three o'clock in the -afternoon. The geysers spout up water to a tremendous height. One -of them—I think it is called the Excelsior—throws water in which -are pieces of rock to a height of three hundred feet. Often the -eruptions are preceded by rumblings and shakings like an -earthquake. Once when the party were near one of the geyser basins, -suddenly the earth began to quake, and the water in the basin -spouted ever so high, and the sky was filled with water and pieces -of rock, and they had to run to get out of the way. Perhaps we will -go to Montana if father stays there; and if we do, mother says that -we may take an occasional trip to the Park, and then I will write -and tell you of some of the things we see there.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Becca R</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The cunning little letter which follows was sent by a little girl five -and one-half years old to her young lady sisters away from home. This -little girl lives near a railroad, and every day she and her brother -watch for their conductors, as they call them, and wave to them as the -cars rush past the door. By the "tassels with the board on" little Amy -meant a lambrequin which belonged on the mantel. Jumbo is a huge toy -elephant greatly admired by the little folks in Amy's nursery:</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Tenafly, New Jersey</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dear Louise and Maggie</span>,—It will soon be Roy's birthday. If you -don't come home quick, you won't be here before it comes. Roy -creeps. He can walk with our taking hold of him. He can stand up by -the bath-tub. May S. don't know some of the words of her -music-lesson. I say my lessons every day at home, and then I say -them in school. I did not get a bad mark to-day; sometimes I do. I -get apples in B.'s yard—they don't care—and take them to school -over recess, and then I take them home. Mamma has to sew so hard, -and we bother her, and she sends us out-doors. When it rains she -don't; then we stay in the house, and play with our toys. Sarah's -back, and we're glad, and she irons every Tuesday. We take walks -with her sometimes. Mary's here too, and sometimes she goes out -with her husband. I like him, and he gives me pennies. I would like -to be over there and see your big dog Frank. Some Sunday afternoons -papa's tired, and he don't want to go riding. We did go last -Sunday. Last Sunday we took Roy. Marian plays with Roy every day, -and mamma says Stop! when she hurts him. Clifford has to get his -teeth fixed, and we can't go to P. until next Monday. Every day -papa goes out to see the men fixing the trestle-work. On Roy's -birthday we're going to have a little party; no one is coming, only -us. Mamma has to send out when she wants papa—away out to the -trestle-work. Mamma writes this letter, and I find the words. -Marian has got lots of things in the corner by the bookcase again. -Clifford's got lots of cars now, and he plays with them 'most every -day. He's got a new tin train of cars from the Fair. We're getting -our stoves fixed. There's fire in the sitting-room. Your tassels -with the board on is up in the front parlor. We've got a Jumbo from -the Fair. We take Jumbo out to see our 'ductors. Mine is away, and -ain't home yet. Roy goes around picking up everything, and gets -things out of mamma's basket, and dumped it over twice. It's near -winter, and we've got the sleds down.</p> - -<p>A kiss for Maggie, and a kiss for Louise. Love for Maggie, and love -for Louise.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Amy D</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Fremont, Nebraska</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>Dear "<span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>,"—My brother Paul takes <span class="smcap">Harper's Young -People</span>, and I think it is a very nice paper. I was eight years old -the 7th of September. I have a sister who is four years old. And we -have a horse named Dick; he is gentle and a very nice horse, and -will eat apples as well as any boy can. He will shake hands with -either leg. I go to school, and I am already in the Third Reader. -My teacher's name is Miss S. And we have got a calf called Rosy, -and she is a very gentle and nice calf, and we have a pretty wild -cow.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Burnie C</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">San Francisco, California</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<blockquote> - -<p>I am a little boy nine years old. This is my first letter. I like -the story of "The Cruise of the Canoe Club" and "Mr. Stubbs's -Brother." I commenced going to school in March, 1881, and am now in -the Seventh Grade. I was honorably promoted last June. I am trying -very hard to be the same this term. I go to Alameda nearly every -Saturday with my papa to take a salt-water bath. I can swim a -little. I live in the city, and can not have as much fun as the -little boys in the country; but I shall go to the country next -vacation.</p></blockquote> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Allen G. W</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<p>A boy who tries hard is sure to succeed. When next you are promoted -write again, as I like to keep an account of my boys when they do well. -I am glad you can swim.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Frank and Joe</span>.—The twenty numbers of <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span> containing -the story of "Toby Tyler" will cost you eighty cents. By sending $1 to -Messrs. <span class="smcap">Harper & Brothers</span> you may obtain <i>Toby Tyler</i> in a beautiful -bound volume, handsomely illustrated.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Salt</span>.—Yes, Daisy, you are right in your supposition that people in very -old times were alarmed if any one spilled salt on the table at a meal. -It was fancied that the unlucky accident was the sign of a quarrel -between two of the company. However, I attach no importance to such -signs, even when they are ancient, and if you came to dine with me, and -the salt-cellar happened to be upset, I would not trouble for our -friendship.</p> - -<p>Among the Arabs salt is regarded as sacred, and if you happen to be the -guest of a Bedouin, who meeting you in the desert would rob you and be -glad of the chance, you are perfectly safe if you share his bread and -salt; he will protect you against all enemies. You see, that salt among -these wild people is the emblem of hospitality. The Romans thought it -unfortunate to sit down at a feast where the salt had been forgotten. -The Greeks had the same feeling. It was also considered very thoughtless -to leave salt unlocked overnight.</p> - -<p>I hope, Daisy dear, that while reading and studying about these curious -superstitions you will take care not to believe in them yourself.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>For the information of some of our new subscribers who write to ask we -repeat that there is no charge for the publication of exchanges. They -should be brief. State first what you desire to offer, and then what you -wish to receive. Please write with black ink as plainly as you can, and -sign your full name and post-office address. Birds' eggs and fire-arms -are prohibited as articles of exchange. The Editor reserves the right to -exclude any exchange in whole or in part if for any reason it is -considered unfit for <span class="smcap">Young People</span>.</p> - -<p>Having sent your letter, you should wait very patiently for your turn, -as the department is always crowded, and no exchange can ever be printed -in the paper next issued after its reception.</p> - -<p>To avoid misunderstanding, exchangers should always write fully to each -other and receive replies before sending away their articles. Each -should arrange in this way about the necessary expense of the mail or -express. Articles should not be sent to the office of <span class="smcap">Young People</span>, but -directly to the persons with whom they are to be exchanged.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><span class="smcap">Successful Wigglers</span>.—We should be glad if Hattie M. Pearley, B. F. M., -and A. W., who have been successful in reproducing our artist's idea of -Wiggle No. 29, would each send us his or her full name and address.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.</h3> - -<h3>No. 1.</h3> - -<h3>GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE.</h3> - -<p>In the month of (a cape in Massachusetts) a lady named (a city in -Brazil), and a gentleman named (a cape in Virginia), went to (the -capital of Italy) in the (a lake in Minnesota). They walked until noon, -when the lady opened a satchel made of (a country in Africa). It -contained a fried (river in Minnesota), some fine old (a river in South -America), and a (islands in the Pacific Ocean) for each. As it had been -(a lake in Minnesota) and the (a river in England) was rather (a country -of South America), they wanted to return to their home, but the (an -island west of England) lost a cuff button made of (a city in New -Mexico), and ornamented with (a river in Mississippi). While they were -on the (a cape of North Carolina) they met (a river of South America), -who said he thought (an island near Massachusetts), who was a colored -woman.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Pansy</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>No. 2.</h3> - -<h3>MIXED ANIMALS.</h3> - -<p>In these examples the problem is to arrange the grouped letters so that -they will form a word agreeing with the accompanying definition.</p> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="left">Phelenta—The largest of quadrupeds.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Spophoptiamu—A river-horse.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Reazb—A striped horse.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Elawh—A sea animal.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Tribab—A furry animal.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bartie</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>No. 3.</h3> - -<h3>HIDDEN FISHES.</h3> - -<p>1. I have bought a new carpet, Angelina. 2. Lucy lost her ring. 3. Tommy -had ten chickens. 4. Mr. Stubbs had flung away all Toby Tyler's money.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Bartie</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>No. 4.</h3> - -<h3>DOUBLE ACROSTIC.</h3> - -<p>1. A kind of cloth. 2. A precious stone. 3. A famous musical composer. -4. A glazier's diamond. Primials—A bird. Finals—Part of the bird, -connected, to join.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Lodestar</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>No. 5.</h3> - -<h3>THREE PROGRESSIVE HALF-SQUARES.</h3> - -<p>1.—1. A letter. 2. A preposition. 3. A Latin verb. 4. Anything very -small.</p> - -<p>2.—1. A letter. 2. To exist. 3. The cry of a sheep. 4. To support.</p> - -<p>3.—1. A letter. 2. An abbreviation. 3. A covering. 4. To engage in -conflict.</p> - -<p> -<span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">J. K. M. Iles</span>.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<h3>ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN No. 156.</h3> - -<h3>No. 1.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">J</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">L</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">E</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">M</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h3>No. 2.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">ra</td><td align="center">B</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">at</td><td align="center">E</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">we</td><td align="center">D</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">in</td><td align="center">E</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h3>No. 3.</h3> - -<p class="center">Lock. Peach.</p> - -<h3>No. 4.</h3> - -<p class="center">Hate.</p> - -<h3>No. 5.</h3> - -<p class="center">Cupboard.</p> - -<h3>No. 6.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center">D</td><td align="center">o</td><td align="center">G</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">b</td><td align="center">I</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">eathe</td><td align="center">R</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">L</td><td align="center">ul</td><td align="center">L</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<h3>No. 7.</h3> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">Q</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">M</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">P</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">H</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">R</td><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">B</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">S</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">Y</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">Q</td><td align="center">U</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">I</td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">M</td><td align="center">O</td><td align="center">N</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">Y</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center">P</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">T</td><td align="center">I</td><td align="center">N</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">B</td><td align="center">E</td><td align="center">D</td></tr> -<tr><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">Y</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">L</td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center">Y</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="center">Answer to Rebus on page 848—"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the -lip."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="center">Answer to Enigma on page 848—A rainbow.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Correct answers to puzzles have been received from Robin Dyke, William -A. Lewis, John Duerk, Alfred and Blanche Bloomingdale, Horace W. -Danforth, Alice C. Little, "Junebug," "Fairy Godmother," Lulu Breese, -Emily Godwin, Archie Ives, "Mayblossom," Fanny R. Emerson, Ben and Ned, -John Twombley, Hugh Remsen, "Fuss and Feathers," Brandt Beekman, Lena -Matthews, A. H. Patterson, Frank Sinsabaugh, Edith M. L., Alfred -Kauffman.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="center">[<i>For Exchanges, see 2d and 3d pages of cover.</i>]</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/ill_015.jpg" width="700" height="990" alt="" /> -<span class="caption">SOME ANSWERS TO WIGGLE No. 29, OUR ARTIST'S IDEA, AND NEW -WIGGLE, No. 30.</span> -</div> - -<p style="clear:both;"> </p> - -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Named after its founder, Ismail Pasha, the late Khedive of -Egypt. It is connected with Suez by a fresh-water canal, through which -the little Egyptian steam-launches run in about twelve hours.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> Begun in No. 157, <span class="smcap">Harper's Young People</span>.</p></div></div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Young People, November 14, -1882, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE *** - -***** This file should be named 60596-h.htm or 60596-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/5/9/60596/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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